I’ll be at my Real Life job today and then will be out of the office Tuesday through Friday to fulfill my duties as the Registration and Database Chair for the 2010 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure which will be this Sunday at Boomtown. This is the third year I’ve served on the race committee and it’s been one of the most challenging. The economy, for all that the “experts” are telling us is improving, has taken it’s toll on our sponsors and participants. After we’d gotten some of our race materials printed we were informed by UNR that we would not be able to use the Quad, and so we had to scramble to find another location. Vital time was lost looking for another venue able to hold the numbers that our race attracts. We were also looking for a place to hold our annual Team Captain Kickoff event (held in July), 
and one thing led to another, and it was Boomtown that stepped up to the plate and offered us their site not only for our Kickoff event, but also for everything else for the race, including In Person Registration and Packet Pick-Up. Boomtown has been a true partner for the race and we are very grateful.
Me and my pal, Kerry. 2003
Some people might think Boomtown is too far to go for the race, but it’s not any further away for me than when the race was held at IGT, and getting in and out of the place will be a heck of a lot easier! Plus, they’ve got a Peet’s Coffee and a great buffet on site! What’s not to love?
2005
There are so many women and men that work together on this event, but by far, our board president and race co-chair, Lucy McGuire, is the one who has done the yeoman’s work. She has a full time job, a family, and yet she seems to devote every waking hour to Komen. She’s either on the phone, on email, or making trips back and forth to Boomtown, she is an inspiration to me.
It will be a late night tonight, what with pulling lists to coordinate with our timing company, creating mailing labels for all the tshirts we’ll mail to our Sleep in for the Cure participants, organizing binders for registration and packet pick-up.
Why do I do it? Simple. I want to see breast cancer eradicated, and knowing that Susan G. Komen is the largest funder of research into breast cancer outside the federal government keeps me coming back.
You may just see pink. I see a deadly disease and potential cures.
If you can, please donate.
2009 - UNR
I’ll be checking in.
