Posts Tagged Susan G Komen

  • Meet Barb Goettig Honorary Survivor Chair for the 2013 Susan G. Komen Quad-Cities Race for the Cure

    By Christina McNamara-Schmidt Komen Quad Cities PR/Marketing and Sponsorship Chair At age 43, Davenport’s Barb Goettig went in for her routine mammogram thinking it would be a ‘piece of cake,’ and she’d return to work with no worries. But before she left the doctor’s office, the radio...

  • Meet Roma Taylor Meet Roma Taylor

    Honorary Survivor Chair for the 2012 Susan G. Komen Quad-Cities Race for the Cure As a nurse and oldest girl from a family of 13 kids, Davenport’s Roma Taylor is the big sister that her siblings turn to when they had troubles. In May of 2003, at the age of 47, Roma went in for her routine...

  • Race for the Cure Race for the Cure

    Your mom. Your daughter. Your wife. Your neighbor. Your friend. All loved ones that could get breast cancer, since one out of eight women get breast cancer over a lifetime. Whose life are you running for? The 23rd annual Susan G. Komen Quad-Cities Race for the Cure® is your chance to be part ...

  • 2011 Race for the Cure 2011 Race for the Cure

    Susan G. Komen Quad Cities Race for the Cure Veterans One out of eight women will get breast cancer over a lifetime. It could be your mother, wife, sister, daughter, neighbor, co-worker, friend….or it could happen to you. The Susan G. Komen Quad Cities Race for the Cure® is scheduled for 8 a...

  • Meet Tammie Kooi Meet Tammie Kooi

    Honorary Survivor Chair for the 2011 Susan G. Komen Quad Cities Race for the Cure. She was only 27 years old when she found a lump. With no family history of breast cancer, her doctor wasn’t overly concerned. But Camanche’s Tammie Kooi didn’t settle because she had a strong feeling th...

  • Race for the Cure - Get Involved! Race for the Cure – Get Involved!

    Busy summers and busy weekends force us to pick and choose where we go and what we do. You can be sure that your participation in the Susan G. Komen Quad Cities Race for the Cure® is time well spent, particularly since up to 75 percent of the proceeds from the Race remain in the greater Quad Cities...

  • Race for the Cure®

    Susan G. Komen Quad Cities One out of every eight women will get breast cancer over a lifetime. But if it’s detected early, the 5-year survival rate is 98 percent. The Susan G. Komen Quad Cities Race for the Cure® needs your help to raise money towards the early detection of breast...