Get Your Rear in Gear has a new and improved Facebook site. Become a fan by “liking” the page, then join the conversation about upcoming events, fundraisers, health issues, and 5K recaps. The official Get Your Rear in Gear page is also a place where colon cancer patients, survivors and family members can share tips [...]
ABC’s Boston Med recently featured 59 year-old Tom Alden during his journey through colon cancer diagnosis and surgery. In this video, Alden speaks to Kristin Tabor, the president and founder of the Colon Cancer Coalition, at the organization’s Get Your Rear in Gear 5K in Colchester, Vermont. They discuss the importance of going to the [...]
Colon Cancer Coalition founder and president Kristin Tabor accepted the David Jagelman, MD, Award for Advocacy in Colorectal Cancer, which was presented recently by the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. Â At their annual meeting in May, ASCRS presented two new awards to recognize colorectal cancer advocacy efforts and journalistic excellence in reporting on [...]
Amy Roloff, star of TLC’s Little People, Big World, ran in the first annual Portland Get Your Rear in Gear 5K Run/Walk on August 1, 2010, alongside an enthusiastic crowd of participants.  Ms. Roloff, who had never run a 5K before, said she was nervous at the starting line.  “This will be a significant accomplishment [...]
ASCRS News, the newsletter of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, featured a front page article about the recent Twin Cities Get Your Rear in Gear 5K Run/Walk in Edina, Minnesota. ASCRS worked with the Colon Cancer Coalition to make the event a success, bringing over 100 Society members to the race and [...]
Wilson’s Warriors, A Get Your Rear in Gear fundraising team which honors the memory of Jennifer Wilson, has raised over $35,000 in the three years the group has been together. They have also gained significant media attention which helps bring awareness to the importance of colon cancer screening. The efforts of Wilson’s Warriors were recently [...]
The sixth annual Twin Cities Get Your Rear in Gear Run/Walk held in Edina on May 16 received coverage by each of the Minneapolis/St. Paul television news providers. This is the first time that the race has been covered extensively by all major news outlets in the city. Coverage included spots on KARE-11 News First [...]
In a recent WCCO News Radio interview, Kristin Tabor, Founder and President of the Colon Cancer Coalition talks about her goal of making colon cancer a topic that Americans can comfortably discuss. “We want to do for colon cancer the same thing that happened for breast cancer,” she says, referring to the fact that twenty [...]
WCCO-TV lost sports broadcaster and family member Bob Rainey to colon cancer in 2008. Since that time, WCCO has honored his memory by supporting the Twin Cities Get Your Rear in Gear 5K Run/Walk and Kids Fun Run. In a new online article, reporter Heather Brown remembers Rainey, who died at the young age of [...]
Nationally known fitness expert Chris Freytag went on location to the starting line of the Twin Cities Get Your Rear in Gear 5K Run/Walk to promote the event and interview survivor and race participant Dave Shogren. Chris, a fitness expert for Prevention magazine and author of three books, talked to Dave about his experience with [...]
