On Monday night, April 9, Mayor Robert H. Conley issued a proclamation declaring Sunday, May 6, 2012 as “Susan G. Komen North Jersey Race for the Cure Day” in Madison.  Accepting the official proclamation was (left to right): Cheri Ambrose, Komen North Jersey Race for Cure Male Breast Cancer Awareness Ambassador ; Ashley Miniet and Emily Tebbetts of Komen North Jersey; and Sydney Thomas, Michelle Abolt, Kaity Roberts, Jenna Logan and Kara McKenna from Zeta Tau Alpha at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

The Susan G. Komen North Jersey Race for the Cure brings together thousands of women, men and children from northern New Jersey and beyond to raise funds that support life-saving education, screening and treatment services to uninsured and underinsured men and women in the Affiliate’s 9-county service region (Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren counties). Since its founding in 1997, Komen North Jersey has awarded over $13 million in local community grants, and has directed approximately $5.9 million to the national Susan G. Komen for the Cure Grants Program for breast cancer research.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN ONLINE. For additional information, to register, volunteer, start a team, or make a donation, visit www.komennorthjersey.org/race, or call 908-277-2904, ext. 14.