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little past 8:30 July 27 439 runners started their 5K run to raise
money for Breast Cancer Awareness.
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Breast
Cancer Awareness events kick off Annie Oakley Saturday
By Bob Robinson
GREENVILLE – “The first ones should be back in about 16 and a half
minutes…” The prediction was not too far off as 2008 Ansonia grad Aaron
Fraley stopped a few steps from the finish line to offer a “thumbs up”
at 16:56. He was the first to arrive.
Event coordinator Coy Boroff said the annual 5K to raise money for
Breast Cancer Awareness, which was founded by Sherry Smith, will raise
about $10,000 this year.
He noted, however, the number of participants was down… 439 entries.
“Competition this year from Celina,” he said. “It seems like they are
starting 5K’s everywhere.”
About four blocks north of the finish line, inside Greenville City
Hall, a different kind of event was taking place.
“I feel pretty,” said Corby Schroeder. “I’m thinking of making it a
habit.”
He noted this was not the first time he’d worn a dress.
“I wore it yesterday raising money at Whirlpool,” he said. Schroeder
and six others were dressed out in pink outfits with the traditional
pink boots.
At the time of the “walk,” The Pink Mile, another fundraising event of
Breast Cancer Awareness, had raised about $1,600 with more coming in.
The seven “pink ladies” were Schroeder, Whirlpool; Safet Hatic,
Orthopedic Associates of SW Ohio; Mark Phillips, Whirlpool KitchenAid
Division; Jeff Subler, Wayne HealthCare; Graham Guttadore, D’Alessios
Italian Restaurant; HB Hole, Second National Bank; and Dale Musser,
Brethren Retirement Community. Hatic earned the First Place tiara by
raising $800. Musser came in second.
The pink “ladies” didn’t start their walk until the last of the 5K
runners had finished.
After a brief rest Fraley, who currently works in Piqua, was back on
the street giving encouragement to other runners. One of them was Erica
Burns. Hayden, Hunter and Zoey Burns were cheering their “mommy” on as
she ran past them on South Broadway. The dad, Bruce, had just finished
his run. It was his first, while Erica had run it the previous year.
“We’ve been running all year for the health care series,” he said.
Boroff said 5K’s are popular because they combine fitness with the
aspect of fundraising.
“We even offer an 8-week training program,” he added. “We call it the
‘Cancer Kicking Boot Camp’.”
Funds raised in both events go to Breast Cancer Awareness, a local
501(c)3 serving those who have been afflicted with breast cancer.
The 5K started at approximately 8:30 a.m. with the last runner coming
in a little over an hour later. Seven men dressed in pink emerged from
City Hall shortly after that. The annual Annie Oakley Parade,
celebrating the 50th year of the Annie Oakley Festival, kicked off on
schedule at 10 a.m.
Watch for a complete photo gallery coming soon at Community Events
Photos under the Community Tab.
Published courtesy
of The Early Bird
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Ansonia
alumnus Aaron Fraley finishes first in the 5K with a time of 16:56.
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Seven
men dressed up in pink and walked the mile from City Hall to the Annie
Oakley statue to help raise
funds for Breast Cancer Awareness. They are (not in order) Corby
Schroeder, Safet Hatic, Mark Phillips,
Jeff Subler, Graham Guttadore, HB Hole and Dale Musser.
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