6th Annual Power of Pink 5K includes Honor/Memory Walk on Saturday, October 27

10/15/2012

6th Annual Power of Pink 5K includes Honor/Memory Walk on Saturday, October 27

Waynesville, N.C. – The Haywood Regional Medical Center Foundation, in partnership with the Haywood County Health Department and MedWest-Haywood, will host the 6th Annual Power of Pink 5K and Honor/Memory Walk at the MedWest Health and Fitness Center on Saturday, October 27.

Community sponsors, supporters, and volunteers come together each year to raise funds which help under-served women in Haywood County receive breast care. Since 2007, funds from the event have provided 741 mammograms and follow-up procedures for almost 500 women through the Haywood County Health Department.

This year’s event includes a special Honor/Memory Walk around the hospital. The walk will take place prior to the race, so that 5K participants may participate in the walk as well. Walkers may wear a pink race bib as a breast cancer survivor, or in honor or memory of breast cancer patients. After the walk, the bibs will be placed on a banner which will be displayed in the Health and Fitness Center. Registration and race times are detailed below.

There are five levels of sponsorship for the event, from the $100 Team Sponsor to the $1,000 Lead Sponsor. Each sponsorship level includes different benefits for the sponsor, including having business names printed on event t-shirts, and free entries into the event.  The deadline to reserve a sponsorship slot is October 18. More information about becoming a sponsor and the levels of sponsorship can be found at the contact information listed below.

Registration begins at 7:30 am on the day of the event, followed by the walk at 8:45 am and the 5K at 9:30 am. Participants may also register online at www.medwesthealth.org, where registration fees are detailed, prior to the event.

For more information and to register to be a part of this important event, visit www.medwesthealth.org, and click on the Power of Pink icon on the homepage. You may also call (828) 452-8343 or email Marge.Stiles@haymed.org for more information.