Susan G. Komen Florida Opens Nominations for “Warriors in Pink”
Ambassadors for 2020 Race for the Cure
Boca Raton, FL – Susan G. Komen Florida has opened the call for nominations for Warriors in Pink, breast cancer survivors and metastatic forever fighters who will serve as year-long ambassadors for the 2020 Komen South Florida Race for the Cure on January 25, 2020. Nominations are due July 3, 2019.
Each year Susan G. Komen Florida names several local South Florida Warriors in Pink who are willing to share their brave stories as inspiration for others on their breast cancer journeys and take action by raising awareness about breast cancer, promoting Komen events and encouraging fundraising. Warriors in Pink is a program supported nationally by Ford Motor Company recognizing women who live by the credo of taking charge, living out loud, harnessing power and standing together.
The 2020 Warriors in Pink will share their experiences with the community throughout the year and have a special role at the Susan G. Komen South Florida Race for the Cure on January 25, 2020 in Downtown West Palm Beach. They will lead hundreds of survivors to the Meyer Amphitheatre stage during the Survivor Recognition Ceremony where all will be recognized for their fight against breast cancer.
Tara Gustman, a 2019 Warrior in Pink, said of her experience, “If I could help just one person, then I have made a difference.”
Komen Florida encourages Warriors in Pink nominations from any of the organization’s South Florida service areas of Palm Beach, St. Lucie, Martin and Indian River Counties, and men and women of all races and ethnicities. Stories may be provided in writing or via a one-minute video submission.
To nominate a breast cancer survivor or metastatic forever fighter to be a 2020 Warrior in Pink, please download the nomination form at komenflorida.org /nominations/ and submit by the July 3, 2019 deadline. Please contact info@komenflorida.org
For more information on the 2020 Race for the Cure, or to learn more about ways you can get involved with Susan G. Komen Florida, please visit www.komenflorida.org or call (561) 514-3020.
About Susan G. Komen Florida
Susan G. Komen is the world’s largest breast cancer organization, funding more breast cancer research than any other nonprofit while providing real-time help to those facing the disease. Komen Florida is working to better the lives of those facing breast cancer in local communities across its service area of southwest, central, north, south and the Florida Suncoast regions. Komen Florida has invested nearly $57 million in community breast health programs and has helped contribute to the more than $988 million invested globally in research. For more information, call 561-514-3020 or visit www.komenflorida.org.
