Head of the Hooch raises $35,000
in fight against breast cancer
 
Photo Courtesy:  Row for the Cure 
 
Member’s of the U.S. National Team sporting pink shirts and blades in support of Row for the Cure and the fight against breast cancer, Saturday at the 2007 Head of the Hooch Regatta in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 
 

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Nov. 3, 2007 -- Head of the Hooch rowers raised over $35,000 in the fight against breast cancer, Saturday at the 27th annual Head of the Hooch Regatta (www.HeadOfTheHooch.org) on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tenn. 

The two-day regatta featured two U.S. national team men’s eights, which set aside their red, white and blue in favor of pink uniforms and oar blades to support the fight against breast cancer.

Seventy-two crews participated in four Row for the Cure women's events including the Masters Eight, Collegiate and Club Novice Eight, Masters Four with Coxswain and Masters Double Sculls.  The funds will benefit the Chattanooga Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

With over 1,300 collegiate, club and high school entries, more than 5,000 rowers from the U.S. and Europe are competing in America's second largest fall head race. 

About Row for the Cure®
Row for the Cure® (www.RowForTheCure.com) regattas are third-party events benefiting local affiliates of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Since the regatta’s inception in 1994 on Portland’s Willamette River, Row for the Cure® has expanded to 11 U.S. cities, raising over $500,000 in the fight to eradicate breast cancer as a life threatening disease.   

About Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Susan G. Komen for the Cure was founded on a promise made between two sisters – Susan Goodman Komen and Nancy Goodman Brinker. Suzy was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1978, a time when little was known about the disease and it was rarely discussed in public. Before she died at the age of 36, Suzy asked her sister to do everything possible to bring an end to breast cancer. Nancy kept her promise by establishing the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation in 1982 in Suzy’s memory.  The organization recently changed its name to Susan G. Komen for the Cure in honor of its 25th anniversary and with this, a renewed promise to find the cures for breast cancer.

 
   
 
 


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