The Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, has raised more than $800,000 in cancer research for patients battling cancer.
In a Facebook post, the Emory University said more than 1,500 in-person runners and over hundreds of runners participated virtually in the "Winship Win the Fight 5K," a run or walk first-ever hybrid event that helped raise funds for cancer patients.
According to the institution, the funds will be allocated at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, which currently conducts cancer research.
The Emory University said the virtual event ran from Saturday, Sept. 25, until Saturday, Oct. 2.
According to the university's website, the Methodists founded Emory University in 1836.
It said that nearly 200 years later, the institution evolved into a place where students and staff members of many religions and degrees of dedication come together.
'Winship 5K' Supports Cancer Research
According to Emory University's news center website, the "Winship Win the Fight 5K" event raised more than $6.5 million for cancer research at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute in its first ten years.
The university said the aim this year was to raise $800,000, which was already achieved before the race began, with $806,480 and counting.
According to the news center's report, Gail Grimmett, the new vice-chair of Winship's advisory board, felt blessed and joy to watch the expansion and evolvement of the event over the years.
The new vice-chair stated that she has been active in the Winship 5K from its inception in a video created before the live event.
According to Grimmett, her life was changed by cancer, as it was for so many others who ran the 5K event when her husband was diagnosed with multiple myeloma and finally died.
The university stated that the Winship 5K was designed to help expand that research and provide access to it.
Moving from excellence to eminence as a recognized destination for cancer prevention, treatment, research, and surviving, however, necessitates dedicated supporters such as those who run the Winship 5K, it added.
Meanwhile, the donations earned from the Winship 5K event will go directly to support research at Winship Cancer Institute, according to Suresh S. Ramalingam, MD, Winship's executive director.
Cancer Survivor
CoMan Allgood, a cancer survivor and former Winship patient, planned to run in his first live Winship 5K with his wife Kathie as part of the "It's All Good" team, according to the Emory University's website.
Allgood, a life coach who had raced marathons and half-marathons before his diagnosis, insisted on being taken to Winship Cancer Institute when he was diagnosed with cancer in 2019, the university shared in the news report.
The life coach also offered a message to his fellow runners that the impact of the Winship 5K event is very inspiring for one of the cancer survivors.
The Winship 5K is helping to find a cure, Allgood said in the report.
He also thanked everyone who participated in raising money to find a cure for serious diseases.
Over hundreds of cancer survivors, caregivers, researchers, and community members have put on their running shoes to participate in the event.
It underscored that the Winship Cancer Institute is Georgia's only national cancer institute-designated comprehensive cancer center.
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