On Friday, May 11, Boston Get Your Rear in Gear 5K co-chairs Brian Shelly and Caitlin Gambee had the honor of announcing a new partnership with the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers creating the Colon Cancer Screening & Education Program (CCSEP). The $93,500 check presented to the League will fund a first-of-its-kind program for [...]
Get Your Rear in Gear was back in Charlotte for the third year on March 10, 2012. Over 1,900 people participated in the event. “We are amazed that we continue to grow this event each year and love seeing so many members of our community come together to learn about colorectal cancer,” said Mary-Karen Bierman, Get [...]
Trinity Regional Health System – Muscatine is partnering with Get Your Rear in Gear to offer assistance for colon cancer screenings for under or uninsured patients. The program is paid for through funds raised at the inaugural Muscatine Get Your Rear In Gear run/walk held in September 2011. The American Cancer Society advises everyone to [...]
The Northeast Iowa Get Your Rear in Gear recently awarded Winneshiek Medical Center Cancer Resource Center with a grant for Colon Cancer Awareness. The funds were raised during the NE Iowa 5K held in the fall of 2011. The Cancer Resource Center at Winneshiek Medical Center is a free and convenient way for area cancer [...]
The 2012 Ft. Myers Get Your Rear in Gear is Saturday, March 24 at Hammond Stadium. Proceeds from the 2011 race are being used to provide colorectal cancer screenings, namely colonoscopies, for the under and uninsured in Southwest Florida. Watch the story below put together by Lee Memorial Health Systems to see how donations to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
By Maria Grasso, Chair/Event Director GYRIG Philadelphia I will never forget the day…. It was a sunny day in March 2005 and I was in St. Louis, MO traveling on business when my Mom called. She said Dad was not feeling well and they visited the Doctor earlier that morning. “They found a mass” Mom [...]
A recent study documents that Latinos lag significantly behind whites when it comes to being screened for colorectal cancers. The study was lead by Ninez Ponce of the University of California, Los Angeles, used U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines at the time to determine if participants were getting screened according to recommendations. The information [...]
By Amy Wenzel, Get Your Rear in Gear contributor Sage Scopes is Minnesota’s Colorectal Cancer Program that is funded with money from CDC’s Colorectal Cancer Control Program. Additionally, the Colon Cancer Coalition/Get Your Rear in Gear provides funding from money raised at the Twin Cities event to help pay for treatment for Sage Scopes patients [...]
