Team IU Health
More than a pink ribbon, it’s a movement.
In 1992, more than 1,700 IU employees came together to raise $50,000 for the first IU Health team in Central Indiana’s Race for the Cure. Employees from across the state have come together each and every year since to raise funds and awareness to fight breast cancer.
Nineteen years later, more than 2,500 IU Health employees participated in the 2011 race, raising more than $27,000 for the cause. This accomplishment is testament to our dedication and something we’re extremely proud of.
April 21, 2012 will mark Central Indiana Race for the Cure’s 21st anniversary. To commemorate, the IU Health team aims to rally 5,000 employees to join the team.
Why I Walk Video
Jane from IU Health Methodist Hospital talks about why she walks in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.
IU Health experts continue to cure today.
Our commitment to cancer care comes from the heart. We’ve seen this disease affect our mothers, our daughters and our best friends. So when we say we’re going to do everything possible, you better believe it.
IU Simon Cancer Center has the largest number of advanced cancer treatment tools in the state and a National Cancer Institute designated cancer center. We are also proud to partner with the IU Health Proton Therapy Center in Bloomington, Indiana, one of only a few centers of its kind in the United States.
IU Health is leading the way for cancer care in Indiana
Photos from Past Years
It started with a promise.
Susan G. Komen was just a woman fighting cancer as best she knew how in 1982 - with her heart, body and soul. But she didn’t stop there. Throughout her diagnosis, treatment and hospital stays, Susan made life better for others battling breast cancer, instead of focusing on herself.
Inspired by Susan’s compassion for others, sister Nancy G. Brinker made a promise to do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. The result?
Susan G. Komen for the Cure® is the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists and has raised more than $1.9 billion since its inception.
Are you a part of the 2012 IU Health Team?
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17 Comments
I walk in honor of my mother who is a breast cancer survivor and for my daughter who I hope lives a life never touched by cancer.
I walk to support the cause, my Sister and Aunt are both breast cancer survivors. It gives me joy and lots of emotion to see all of the survivors walking through the parade knowing how far they have come. We have talked with my sister for years about being a part of this event and Thank God she saw first hand and did participate this year. To GOd Be the Glory.
I walked for my grandmother.
My daughter and I said we would register to walk last year; we forgot. Five days after the 2011 Race for the Cure, my beautiful daughter was diagnosed with breast cancer. Our family will never be same after receiving this shocking news. I’m ashamed it took this to jerk me to take action, but I will walk so that research will continue, so lives will be saved. I will walk until the CURE is found! I walk for you, Shawna.
I walk every step in memory of my mother - Betty Ray - who passed away 17 years ago from breast cancer.
I walk in memory of my Mom and Aunt Irene, who lost their battle with breast cancer. I am a 12 year survivor of breast cancer and I walk in hopes of finding a cure so my sisters, neice and daughter never have to know this disease first hand. It is such an emotional time to see all the survivors and know the by the grace of God I am one of them.
I walk in honor of my mother Dorthy Mae Shelton-Reynolds who died of breast cancer 25 years ago. I have a cousin with breast cancer in both breast. A cousin and an aunt who both are both survivors of breast cancer. My passion and desire is that a cure is found to heal those still struggling with breast cancer.
I walk in honor of my friends mother who died due the breast cancer 5 years ago.
I run for my little sister. Who are now fighting with cancer in Hospital.
This year I am walking to celebrate the life of my daughter’s grandmother, who is a breast cancer survivor. I walk to support continued research and finding the cure.
I have walked in the race since it began in Indy. My best friend had been diagnosed with breast cancer in her early thirties and we walked for her for many years ( she survived). I was diagnosed in 2007. I now walk for those who are receiving treatment and do not have the strength to walk. I walk for those friends who did not survive. I walk in the pink parade to be surrounded by others who have fought and won the battle. It is a very emotional expression and celebration of life for all of us in the parade. I will continue to walk so that my daughter will not have breast cancer in her lifetime. It is time for a cure.
I walk for all of those women who has breast cancer. Thanks for sharing this wonderful video!
This is my first time running in the Race for the Cure. My son will be running with me for his first time. We are running in honor of a very dear friend who is a breast cancer survivor.
I walk to support my friend, Teri, celebrating her 5th year as a survivor this year! I walk for all the lives lost to breast cancer and to share the hope of the future with all the fellow walkers and runners supporting this cause. I walk to show support for those currently fighting the battle that changes lives.
Why I won’t walk anymore. I am an eleven year survivor of breast cancer. Susan G. Komen started this to make sure that life could be continued. Now I am reading that funds go to Planned Parenthood where the money can be used for abortions. I understand that the money can be used for mammograms at Planned Parenthood, but it is not earmarked for those and can be used to destroy the life of the unborn. I will not walk to save myself and others from breast cancer and by doing so, possibly end the life of an unborn child.
I think it is a very good step for the mankind. Everyone should take part in this team.
This is a fantastic way to raise awareness on cancer. People afflicted with this disease should be given the support and encouragement that they need to cope.