The Savannah Get Your Rear in Gear 5K committee continues to pepper the airwaves with the message of colon cancer being preventable, treatable and beatable. Watch DeDe Cargill, from Every Step Counts and Savannah GYRIG’s go-to survivor, on WTOC TV’s Fit Club talking about the race and the importance of screening.
The Savannah Get Your Rear in Gear 5K committee is hopping! When online registration closed late Tuesday night, they had already exceeded registration goals for a first time race, and are drawing even more local attention. The first-year 5K is featured today in the Savannah Morning News, including the story of Jeff Garton, a 28-year-old [...]
The Raleigh Get Your Rear in Gear 5K was featured in The Cary News today, profiling two colon cancer survivors who will be participating in Saturday’s events. Hop on over to the story to read more about Dawn Martin Westbrook and Connie Womble, their journeys with colon cancer, and why they decided to participate in [...]
When Vincent Jones II and the men of Delta Sigma Theta at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy in St. Louis, MO decide to celebrate March Madness, they don’t just do a bracket in their living room, they decide to go to the nth-degree and host a charity basketball tournament. The March Madness for Colon [...]
In November we sent out a call for kids to design the 2012 Kids’ Fun Run t-shirts. Entries came in from across the country and when the voting was over, Waukon, Iowa, youth Denzel Decker’s design rose to the top. Decker’s winning artwork is featured on the kids’ t-shirts that will be distributed at over [...]
DeDe Cargill from Every Steps Counts was on WTOC TV in Savannah this morning talking about the Savannah Get Your Rear in Gear 5K and the importance of colonoscopy screenings, healthy living and cancer prevention. DeDe described the beautiful run/walk course. If your in Savannah be sure to register and check it out! You can [...]
This morning, February 23, the San Antonio Get Your Rear in Gear 5K was featured on KABB Fox San Antonio. Bryan Joyce, a colon cancer survivor and Lynch Syndrome patient, and Dr. Delbery Chumley, local gastroenterologist, appeared on the Fox station in San Antonio discussing the importance of knowing your family history and colon cancer [...]
Presenting sponsor for the Charlotte Get Your Rear in Gear, Presbyterian Cancer Center was on the local Fox News Rising program this morning, Thursday, February 23. The interview with Dr. Douglas Rosen discussed the signs and symptoms of colon cancer as well as the importance of screening in advance of Colon Cancer Awareness Month in [...]
The Charlotte Get Your Rear in Gear 5K is in the news again in advance of their March 10 race. The Matthews-Mint Hill Weekly featured a story this week about local event director, Sue Falco, and Charlotte colon cancer survivor Jane Hutchko. The article by Josh Whitener highlighted the success of the first two years [...]
Austin Get Your Rear in Gear event representatives were recently featured on Entercom Radio Austin as part of “Inside Austin”. Ryan Murry and Sarah Atkinson from Austin Gastro talked about the race, the importance of colon cancer education, prevention and screening. You can listen to the interview that aired on Mix 94.7, Majic 95.5, and [...]
