SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 2011
YANKEE STADIUM, One East 161st Street, Bronx, New York
9:30am - 2:00pm
THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the third annual Damon Runyon 5K at Yankee Stadium on Sunday, August 7! We are incredibly grateful for your support - you have helped us raise more than $720,000 for cancer research to date! Overall finish time results are posted here.
Special thanks to our top individual fundraisers:
Carl Ressa, Rockville, MD - $10,150
Michael Colonna, Old Bridge, NJ - $9,144
Kelly Fisher, Hoboken, NJ - $7,572
We are extremely grateful for your dedication and exceptional fundraising efforts – THANK YOU!
If you registered for the 2011 Runyon 5K and did not meet your $60 minimum fundraising requirement by our extended deadline of 5pm on Friday, September 16, your credit card was automatically charged $60 or the difference (should you have raised a portion of it) on Monday, September 19. Please note this charge may be reflected as “Blackbaud” or “Kintera” on your credit card statement. Any charges that may have appeared on our original fundraising deadline of July 29 were reversed due to the technical difficulties experienced at that time. Charges incurred on September 19 are not duplicate charges. If you have any questions or concerns, please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and we will assist you as soon as possible.
Photos of participants at the 2011 Runyon 5K are now available for purchase through brightroom. A portion of the proceeds from photo sales will be donated to the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. If you didn’t give us permission to share your email address with brightroom when you registered, you can still receive information about your photos by clicking here.
THANK YOU for your support of the Damon Runyon 5K at Yankee Stadium!
If you missed out this year and would like to be added to our email list to receive advance notification about the 2012 Runyon 5K, please sign up for our Runyon 5K Email Alert.
Why We Run - Participant Stories
Each year, thousands of supporters descend on Yankee Stadium to participate in the Runyon 5K, a unique cancer research fundraising run/walk that uses the home of the World Champion New York Yankees as its course. Here, you will find the personal stories of several Runyon 5K participants who generously shared why they are running or walking this year Have a story of your own? Email it to us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Corporate Sponsorship
Heroic efforts are needed on and off the field. The generous support - whether financial or in-kind - of our corporate sponsors is invaluable. Find out how your company's donation can make the Runyon 5K a grand slam for cancer research.
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Visit the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation website to learn more about our mission. Be sure to check out these other features to learn more about the important cancer research this event is helping to fund:
> Find out details about the scientists and research we are funding with our sortable chart of current projects
> Visit our interactive timeline to discover our amazing achievements in cancer research over our 63-year history
> View videos of our scientists to hear about their research on the cures and treatments for cancer in their own voices
> See if Damon Runyon scientists are working in your region on our Google map of currently funded cancer research projects across the country
> Learn about other ways to donate to cancer research