Sports

Discounted Early Registrations Available for 2013 'Race for the Cure'

Act now through Dec. 31.

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a fitting time to let local runners and walkers know that discounted "Early Bird" registration is available through Dec. 31 for the 2013 Komen Pittsburgh Race for the Cure.

The annual event, which will be headquarteredΒ on Flagstaff Hill at Schenley ParkΒ in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill South neighborhood next May 12 normally costs $30 (5,000-meter timed run) and $25 (untimed events)Β for non-breast-cancer-surviving adults.

But "Early Birds" can knock $5 off of all registration fees.Β A full list of normal fees is available here.

Find out what's happening in Baldwin-Whitehallfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

According to a news release,Β overΒ 250,000 women in the United States will be diagnosedΒ with breast cancer in 2012, and overΒ 40,000 will die from it.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure-Pittsburgh serves a 30-county region inΒ western and central Pennsylvania, and the Komen Pittsburgh Race for the Cure raises funds to directly meet the needs of breast cancer sufferersβ€”diagnosis, treatment, et al.β€”in that region.

Find out what's happening in Baldwin-Whitehallfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Click hereΒ for a list of Komen Pittsburgh's grant recipients.Β These organizations are being funded to provide life-saving breast health services for underserved and uninsured women and men.

Β ---

Follow the Baldwin-Whitehall Patch onΒ FacebookΒ andΒ Twitter.

Sign up for theΒ daily Baldwin-Whitehall newsletter.

Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.