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Pink it up: annual race raises money for mammograms

It’s time to get ready for a relay, race and walking event raising money for breast cancer detection, coming up Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Haywood Regional Health and Fitness Center. 

The annual Power of Pink Event from the Haywood Healthcare Foundation aims to provide mammograms and follow-up procedures for underserved women in Haywood. It will include a 9 a.m. relay race with categories for male, female and mixed teams; a 5K walk/run at 10:30 a.m.; and a walk honoring victims and survivors at 11:30 a.m. Participants are welcome to bring their dogs along for the races, and Halloween costumes are encouraged. 

Food trucks, coffee, live music, games, guided stretching and chair massages liven up the event, and the awards ceremony will include a medal for the first dog over the finish line. Awards will also go to the hospital department and school with the highest participation and to the most creative costume. 

Since 2007, the event has raised money to serve more than 750 women in need through 1,182 mammograms and procedures. 

$100 four-person relay team. $24 5K, $10 walk; $10 dog walk. Group rates available. Register at www.HaywoodHealthcareFoundation.org. 828.452.8343.

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