September 25, 2007
The Morning Call
Jessica's Race
5K event raises funds to fight disease that took Valley woman's life
On Saturday, as hundreds of runners and walkers descend on Allentown's Lehigh Parkway for a 5K run to raise money for melanoma research, one of Jessica Coleman's dreams will come true. But the Lower Macungie Township woman who was the driving force behind the event will be missing.
Jessica, 38, died Sept. 17 of the very disease the race hopes to combat.
Now the race, originally called the ''Race Against the Sun,'' has been renamed ''Jessica's Race Against the Sun'' at the request of Jessica's husband, Ed. And although she will not be able to be at the race Saturday, it will go on as planned ''with Jessica smiling down on all of us,'' he says.
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5K
Walk and Run
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8:30 a.m.
Saturday
Sept. 27th
Little Lehigh Parkway
Allentown, PA |
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Putting Melanoma on the Run |
All proceeds benefit Race Against the Sun’s Melanoma Fund for Awareness, Prevention and Early Detection, which supports
St. Luke’s Cancer Centers in Allentown and Bethlehem, Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, and other melanoma organizations.
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Melanoma
What You Need to Know |
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