| Roswell Park's Team Cure Challenge program is dedicated to providing a memorable, life-impacting experience that improves your cardiovascular fitness level and helps advance cancer research and patient care at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Contact Emily Smaldino at (716) 845-3179 to learn more.
 With the support of our friends at Tops and the many generous runners and supporters in our community, Roswell Park gratefully accepts $31,000 raised at the Tops 5K Run!
On August 29th, despite the rain, nearly 500 runners came out for the 5K, demonstrating the dedication and commitment our community continues to show toward supporting Roswell Park. The support provided by the Tops 5K will bolster research programs that are being conducted currently to further Roswell Park’s mission of understanding, preventing and curing cancer.
5K Run/Walk
August 29, 2009
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Support a Participant | Many thanks to all the participants and volunteers who helped raise over $30,000 for Roswell Park at the 2009 Tops 5K!
This USA Track & Field-certified 5K course takes participants on a fun, simple route through Williamsville—the perfect option for runners or walkers of all experience levels who want to have a good time and support a great cause! Don't forget to join us for the after-race party, featuring an awards ceremony, door prizes, raffles, auctions, food and refreshments. Awards include valuable gift cards to Tops Friendly Markets, and the first 300 runners to register will receive a special gift. All proceeds from the event will benefit Roswell Park Cancer Institute. |
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5K, 1/2 Marathon, or Full Marathon
September 25-27, 2009
Take the Lake Tahoe Challenge
or Support a Participant | Run, Walk, Swim, or Cycle in beautiful Lake Tahoe! Cruise along tree-lined trails amidst majestic rock formations and spectacular views of Emerald Bay, Cascade Lake and Lake Tahoe. This event offers more choices than ever: select from a 20 Mile, Half-Marathon, 10K or 5K walk or run; cycle for 35 or 72 miles; or swim 1 mile in Lake Tahoe. For the most daring, try a 3 day triathlon, visit www.laketahoemarathon.com for more information on the selection of events. |
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5K, 10K, 1/2 Marathon, or Full Marathon
October 25, 2009
Take the Team Cure Niagara Falls International Challenge
or Support a Participant | The Niagara Falls International Marathon celebrated its inaugural running in 1974. The race was known as the Skylon Marathon. Beginning during the first wave of the North American running boom, it quickly became a favorite as it was, and still is, the only marathon in the world that starts in one country and finishes in another... a destination marathon that crosses an international border, providing the runners with an experience of a lifetime. |
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8K
Thanksgiving Morning 2009
Take the Turkey Trot Challenge
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Support a Participant | One of Western New York's most treasured events, the YMCA Turkey Trot brings together more than 8,000 runners of all ages and levels every Thanksgiving morning for a holiday celebration like no other! The Turkey Trot is the oldest public footrace in the country. The course is an 8k race that begins at Shoreham Parkway at Delaware Avenue (9am). Racers follow the course down Delaware Avenue before eventually ending at the Convention Center. Don't be surprised to see racers running alongside elves and snowmen, too. |
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5K, 1/2 Marathon, or Full Marathon January 9-11, 2010 Support a Participant | Challenge yourself for someone you love or has been touched by cancer and travel to the happiest place on earth! Run or Walk through the magical world of the WALT DISNEY WORLD® RESORT and help find cancer cures! Make it a tradition. Get together with friends, family and fellow runners for an entire weekend celebration that you’ll never forget. Whether it’s your first marathon or your fiftieth, this is a weekend with something for everyone. Visit with Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and the whole DISNEY gang and join our team today! Experience is not required—just the willingness to raise needed funds for Roswell Park’s research and patient care programs. Learn about one Orlando participant's Team Cure Challenge journey here. |
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8K Run
March 2010 Support a Participant | Join the LUCK OF THE IRISH! The Buffalo Shamrock Run is a scenic route through parts of the Buffalo's Old First Ward, measuring 8K (4.98 miles). Be a part of the "kick-off" to the running season along with over 3,000 other Buffalonians! This is certainly a race you will never forget. The fundraising goal is just $200.00. |
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1/2 Marathon or Full Marathon
April 2010 Take the Nashville Challenge or
Support a Participant | The Annual Country Music Marathon & 1/2 Marathon will run through some of most scenic Nashville sights this year with over 10,000 runners converging on Music City every April to run in this 26 mile Marathon and the 1/2 mile Marathon. Of course, since it's an Annual Nashville Event held in Music City U.S.A., this will be no ordinary marathon. One can expect plenty of live entertainment, music and more to entertain runners, walkers, and spectators alike. Country, rock, jazz, blues, swing and more will pulsate along every mile of the course. Music will continue into the night as the Sommet Entertainment Center in downtown Nashville hosts another incredible post-race concert. |
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Marathon, 1/2 Marathon,
or Relay
May 30, 2010
(Memorial Day Weekend)
Take the Buffalo Challenge
or Support a Participant | The course is fast, flat, and scenic, showcasing the beauty of Western New York's waterfront. Crossing two harbors and a nature preserve, it highlights some of our friendliest neighborhoods, finest architecture and famous Olmstead parks. The Buffalo Half Marathon, will start with the marathon, and travel the first half of the marathon course. The Marathon Relay team must have four runners. The first three runners on each team run 10K; while the anchor leg runner finishes with 12K. |
For four years, the Biondolillo family has supported Team Cure Challenge in honor of their late mother. Learn more about their inspiring story on our Participant Spotlight page.
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