DETROIT (FOX 2) – Pink t-shirts, pink boas, pink shoes, pink hats and even a pink wheelchair filled part of the city’s riverfront for the annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.
“It’s a fun, uplifting, celebratory day,” said Executive Director Gretchen Awad. “So much is happening. But most of all what’s happening is the Detroit community coming together to support Komen’s mission of saving lives in the fight against breast cancer.”
Over 2,500 people ran and walked in the annual 5K race that began on Atwater Street and snaked through the Rivertown neighborhood.
“Were here. We’re going to have a 5K,” says Ashleigh Dyer, communications specialist with the organization. “We’re going to have one-mile fun walk. But same mission though: here to support the community and to support those that have been diagnosed with breast cancer.”
According to the organization website, there will be over 310,00 new cases of breast cancer by …