82,000 Canadians raise $16.2 million in CIBC Run for the Cure
Across the country Sept. 30, more than 82,000 Canadians gathered in 56 different communities to take part in the Canadian Cancer Society CIBC Run for the Cure, raising an estimated $16.2 million for the breast cancer cause.
Funds raised in support of the 27th annual CIBC Run for the Cure will be invested by the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) in the most promising breast cancer research as well as the country's leading breast cancer information and support programs for people with breast cancer and their families.
"Each day, 73 Canadians will hear the words 'you have breast cancer.' Today's Run was an incredible show of support for each and every one of those Canadians who will be impacted in some way by a breast cancer diagnosis,'" says Lynne Hudson, President and CEO of the Canadian Cancer Society. "The funds we raised are going to go a long way in helping to change the way we prevent, diagnose, treat, and live with – and beyond – breast cancer."
The Canadian Cancer Society CIBC Run for the Cure is a trailblazing partnership between CCS, CIBC and communities across Canada. This year's Run marked CIBC's 22nd year as title sponsor. Together with tens of thousands of participants and supporters across the country, the Run has created a movement that brings Canadians together in support of friends, family and loved ones who experience breast cancer.
"Our dedicated and passionate partner, CIBC, sets a true example of what commitment and leadership within the breast cancer cause looks like. Since the Run's start in 1992, Canadians have been lacing up to run every single year, raising over $445 million for the breast cancer cause," says Hudson. "Thank you so much to Team CIBC and our Run participants across the country who took the time to make, and keep, their promise to make breast cancer beatable today."
Thanks to impactful events like the Run and passionate supporters of the breast cancer cause, investments in research have led to significant progress in breast cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment and care. Since the 1980s, breast cancer survival has increased by nearly 20%.