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The 2008 events will be held on May 3rd in New York and May 10th in Los Angeles. More information can be found on www.revlonrunwalk.com
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Carrie Ann Inaba encourages people to support EIF's Women's Cancer Programs by participating in EIF's Revlon Run/Walk for Women.
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ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION REVLON RUN/WALK FOR WOMEN CELEBRATES 15 YEARS IN LOS ANGELES ON MAY 10
The 15th annual Entertainment Industry Foundation Revlon Run/Walk For Women — the largest fundraiser of its kind for women's cancers in the nation - will be held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum this Mother's Day weekend on Saturday, May 10.
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ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION REVLON RUN/WALK FOR WOMEN CELEBRATES 11 YEARS IN NEW YORK CITY ON SATURDAY, MAY 3
The 11th annual Entertainment Industry Foundation Revlon Run/Walk For Women — the largest fundraiser of its kind for women's cancers in the nation — will be held in New York City on Saturday, May 3, 2008. The Run/Walk starts in Times Square and finishes in the East Meadow of Central Park.
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Grants from the Entertainment Industry Foundation, through events such as EIF's Revlon Run/Walk for Women, have helped accelerate research for the breast cancer treatment Herceptin®, which received F.D.A. approval years ahead of schedule. Watch this video to hear one woman's touching story about how Herceptin® helped save her life.
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Created in 1993 by cancer activist Lilly Tartikoff, Revlon Chairman Ronald O. Perelman and the Entertainment Industry Foundation, the Revlon Run/Walk for Women has grown into the nation's largest 5K fundraising event for women challenged with breast and ovarian cancer. Since then more than $50 million has been raised for women's cancer research, education and support programs.
 Each year on Mother's Day weekend, some100,000 men, women and children in Los Angeles and New York City join together with the entertainment community to turn dreams into reality.
Team Spirit
More than 500 corporate team participate with strong representation from entertainment companies. Disney VoluntEARS led the pack raising more than $80,000 with 466 employees running or walking. Some of the other entertainment organizations that participated include: ABC, AOL Time-Warner, Bunim Murray Productions, Cast & Crew, Fox, The Grammy Foundation, Hollywood Reporter, MGM Studios, NBC, New Line Cinema, Playboy Entertainment, Screen Actors Guild, Sony Pictures, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Universal Studios, Viacom and Virgin Records.
It takes the year-round work of more than 3,000 EIF volunteers to ensure that the Revlon Run/Walk for Women is a success. Volunteers answer phones, stuff event mailings, distribute registration forms and recruit participants. On event day, volunteers check in participants, hand out water and refreshments and cheer on runners and walkers as they cross the finish line.
Many high-profile volunteers help bring incredible awareness to our cause. Well-known celebrities like Halle Berry, Bill Cosby, Cindy Crawford, Kristin Davis, Andy Garcia, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Kelsey Grammer, Melanie Griffith, Dustin Hoffman, Dylan McDermott, Barbara Walters, Oprah Winfrey and Reneé Zellweger have all participated on race day.
Money raised has helped change the face of cancer today. It supports cutting-edge medical breakthroughs by the nation's leading cancer researchers and service organizations that assist patients with breast and ovarian cancer.
EIF'S IMPACT
 MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS: Research efforts over the years for less toxic cancer treatments include the revolutionary therapy Herceptin® that originated from pioneering research within the Revlon/ UCLA Women's Cancer Research Program and is now available to women with metastatic breast cancer worldwide. Herceptin has proved for the first time that targeted therapy is not only possible but also highly effective. Herceptin has significantly increased the survival rate in over 1/3 of women diagnosed with the most aggressive forms of cancer whose tumors contain the HER-2 alteration and prolong their quality of life. The translation of this groundbreaking research to the bedside is, in large part, due to the efforts of EIF's Revlon Run/Walk participants and their tremendous fundraising efforts. Many women with otherwise inoperable cancers attribute their survival to this groundbreaking therapy.
CUTTING-EDGE SCIENCE: Promising research being conducted today has been funded by EIF's Revlon Run/Walk to bring us closer to finding a cure to cancer. Through beneficiaries such as UCLA Women's Cancer Research Center, USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and New York University School of Medicine. These leading research hospitals are developing more affective approaches to early diagnosis and prevention strategies.
EARLY SCREENING: Detecting cancer early saves lives! Since 1994, over 82,000 women have been screened for breast, cervical, ovarian and gynecological cancers as a result of EIF funding. EIF's Revlon Run/Walk donations have helped women with the highest risk of breast cancer receive potentially life-saving screenings.
ACCESS TO CARE: A majority of EIF's Revlon Run/Walk grantees have specifically targeted women who live at or below 200% of the federal poverty level and have little or no medical insurance. Through EIF Funding, 130,000 women were guaranteed free, low-cost and culturally appropriate health care services including clinical exams, mobile mammograms, case-management services, group and individual counseling, follow-up care, exercise classes, educational materials, and referrals regardless of their socioeconomic background.
 ONGOING SUPPORT FOR SURVIVORS: Courageous women who are fighting cancer have shared their strength by creating weekly and monthly peer support groups which have been sustained through EIF's Revlon Run/Walk funds. Since 1994, more than 23,000 women with cancer and their families have received - free of charge - comprehensive psychological and emotional support services to enhance their quality of life and increase the chances for all women to survive cancer.
PREVENTION THROUGH EDUCATION: Community-based health education programs have been funded by EIF's Revlon Run/Walk so that women along with their families and friends receive vital, culturally-appropriate information about exercise, nutrition, healthy lifestyles, and the risk factors that increase a woman's chance of getting cancer. Since 1994, EIF's Revlon Run/Walk grantees were able to reach over a million individuals with preventive health information on women's cancers, resulting in multilingual outreach through brochures, newsletters, websites, radio, and the publication in Spanish of the nation's first comprehensive book and educational video for Latino breast cancer patients.
ADVOCACY: Since 1994, EIF's Revlon Run/Walk funds helped train and support over 12,000 cancer survivors, their families and health professionals to become the best advocates for women's cancer awareness, from their local communities to the national level.
VOLUNTEERING: Thousands of people of all ages have come together as a result of EIF's Revlon Run/Walk funds to make a difference in their community. Over 10,000 volunteers were mobilized to give their time and effort to grantees working at special events, providing clerical support, and offering educational workshops. Volunteers also spent countless hours providing practical assistance to cancer survivors and their loved ones through counseling, financial planning, health-care assessments and citizenship information.
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