What's Your Komen Story?

We all participate in Race for the Cure® for different reasons. Some walk for a loved one who lost the battle with breast cancer while others walk in honor of a survivor who conquered breast cancer.

We’re now collecting the most compelling, personal stories behind the Race to share with future participants and supporters. Can you share with us your personal account of what makes the Race personal to you?

More than 40,000 participants were at this year’s Race – each with their own unique story and cause that inspired them to help Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Central Indiana Affiliate support work across 21 Central Indiana counties through awareness, screening, prevention and research programs.

This year’s race included many heartfelt stories and we want to be sure to give you an opportunity to share your story so that we may build a community of support and active efforts to continue to help us raise funds to support the work we do.

Submit your story now, to be featured on KomenIndy.org. Please include photos and video if you have it – and send to: komenindy@gmail.com.

A summary of just a few of the stories we’ve heard thus far include:

A participant who signed up as a Team captain and launched a team at her office with the desire to do good. Just two weeks after signing up as a team captain, she was unexpectedly diagnosed with breast cancer. Suddenly, the Race for the Cure had a whole new meaning and the outpouring of support from her co-workers has given her a whole new meaning for friendship.

A young couple, about to get married, decided to schedule their wedding for 5 p.m. – a few hours after the Race – in honor of the bride’s mother who is a breast cancer survivor. The wedding party and many guests walked together during the Race as a wedding day team to support and honor an important woman in their lives.

A woman and her husband signed up for the Race because she’s currently fighting terminal Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. She called into the Komen office to find out if she’d be allowed to participate in the survivor march before the Race because she knows she’s going to die and didn’t know if it was right. Upon a few tears and words of support from the Komen Staff, she realized that once diagnosed you are a survivor.

We want your story – in your own words – to help others learn about the stories behind breast cancer. Please send us your story and what the experience of being part of the Race means to you. Photos and videos are also accepted and appreciated. By submitting your story, you are giving us permission to post your story (we may edit for grammar and length) to KomenIndy.org or in our Komen newsletter.