Team MTMC rallies in national race.The Military Traffic Management Command's banner was held high in the June 6 National Race For the Cure, where 50 MTMC MTMC Military Traffic Management Command (US DoD) MTMC Mount Marty College MTMC Micros-to-Mainframes, Inc. (stock symbol) MTMC Middle Tennessee Medical Center (Murfreesboro, TN) Headquarters employees made a statement in the fight against breast cancer. For the first time ever, Team MTMC joined 72,000 participants at the event, a five-kilometer national race in Washington, D.C. Pink and white t-shifted trekkers and sprinters traveled the streets of the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). , starting at the Washington monument Washington Monument, obelisk-shaped tower, 555 ft 5 1-9 in. (169.3 m) high, located on a 106-acre (43-hectare) site at the west end of the Mall, Washington, D.C.; dedicated 1885. grounds and finishing at Freedom Plaza Freedom Plaza, originally known as Western Plaza, is an open plaza in Northwest Washington, D.C. at the corner of 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, adjacent to Pershing Park. . The combined exercise and inspiration of the race inspired hope in many participating cancer survivors Cancer survivors are those individuals with cancer of any type, current or past, who are still living. The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) pioneered the definition of survivor as from the time of diagnosis and for the balance of life, a person diagnosed with . The idea for MTMC's involvement with the event came from Guadalupe Thompson, who served as team captain. The idea was to encourage her former MTMC coworker co·work·er or co-work·er n. One who works with another; a fellow worker. and long-time friend Kathy Newdeck, a fellow Computer Specialist in Information Management. First diagnosed with breast cancer in October 1996, Newdeck no longer is in the MTMC work force. However, she continues her fight against the disease and maintains close relationships with her former coworkers. Newdeck joined the MTMC team and walked the more than three-mile route with her husband, Jim Shebest, at her side--encouraging her along the way. "Kathy says she would have walked faster, but her husband Jim held her back," said Thompson. "We needed a team," said Thompson. "Several MTMC employees have fought and are still battling breast cancer. "We needed to let them know we care." The big turnout of MTMC military, civilian and contractor personnel was much larger than expected by Thompson. To form a team at the event, 25 participants are required. "I was shocked when they told me we had 50 people registered!" said Thompson. "This was a great way to raise awareness," said Master Sgt. Yvette Scott. "We should be concerned about others. "We spend most of our days working to meet the needs of our customers, but we must remember to support each other as well," said Scott. "I am a two-year survivor and I know this is important. Many MTMC employees have lost loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl , or they themselves are survivors." The race was an early morning call for the participants, with the pre-race events starting at 7 a.m. Lorine Stovall and her daughter, Made, rose early Saturday morning to take the Metro from their home in Virginia to the race rally point at 17th Street and Constitution Avenue. "My daughter really enjoyed the experience," said Stovall. "She wants to know when we'll do it again." Thompson's son, Fernando, carried the MTMC sign high above the walkers for most of the course. "I was so proud of him--he was great help," said Thompson. After the race, team members ate yogurt yogurt: see fermented milk. yogurt Semisolid, fermented, often flavoured milk food. Yogurt is known and consumed in almost all parts of the world. , bananas and water to regain their strength. They also enjoyed a free concert by Country Music Association artist and Grammy nominee Jo Dee Messina, who also participated in the race. Oliver Gasaway, a MTMC computer graphic specialist, was among the first of the day's participants to arrive at the post, race site. "It was a great day," said Gasaway. "I really had a good time. The concert was great too." Deeply concerned about a lack of awareness and information on breast cancer, the founder of the Race for the Cure, Nancy Brinker Ambassador Nancy Goodman Brinker (born December 6, 1946, in Peoria, Illinois) is the founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, an organization named after her only sister, Susan, who died from breast cancer in 1980 at age 36. , began the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Brinker named the organization in memory of her sister, Susan G, Komen, who was just 36 years old when she died of breast cancer. To date, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation has raised more than $300 million for breast cancer information and the research aimed at someday some·day adv. At an indefinite time in the future. Usage Note: The adverbs someday and sometime express future time indefinitely: We'll succeed someday. Come sometime. eliminating of the disease. |
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