Run for a Life: Help Raise Awareness about Sudden Cardiac Arrest at the Pittsburgh Marathon

Join the SCA Foundation Team at the Pittsburgh Marathon on May 2nd

PITTSBURGH, PA--The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation will be participating as an Affiliate Charity Partner at this year's DIck's Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon--the nation's third largest marathon--on May 2.

Runners who join our team--and their personal motivation to raise awareness about sudden cardiac arrest -- will be acknowledged on our website, with permission.  If you would like to run in in memory of a loved one lost to sudden cardiac arrest, or to honor the heroes who saved your loved one's life, this could be the race of a lifetime. We welcome your testimonials and photos.

Help us raise awareness about the leading cause of death in America--a condition that affects more people each year than AIDS, Alzheimers disease, assault with firearms, breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, fires, motor vehicle accidents and suicide combined. (SOURCE: Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation, 2009. Figures compiled from the Centers for Disease Control and the American Heart Association.)

Registration fees are $250 per entrant for the marathon, half-marathon and relay team. The registration deadline is April 1.

Can't be there? Why not support the cause by pledging $25 or more in support of one of the runners.

For more information, contact Jen Basett at jennifer [dot] bassett [at] sca-aware [dot] org or Ali Newman at alison [dot] newman [at] sca-aware [dot] org, or call 724-934-0034.