'Hike For Her' Ovarian Cancer Awareness Event Set For Sunday
September 27, 2016 | General
Trisha MacIntyre to help host Boulder hike
BOULDER — Trisha MacIntyre, wife of Colorado head football coach Mike MacIntyre, will help host the first Hike For Her Event on Sunday (Oct. 2) to help raise awareness of ovarian cancer.
Trisha MacIntyre was inspired to create the event after losing her mother to ovarian cancer in November 2015.
September is National Ovarian Cancer Month, and the event will help fund research that is on the cusp of major breakthroughs in battling the disease.
According to the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, an estimated one in 75 women will develop cancer during her lifetime. The American Cancer Society estimates there will be more than 22,280 new cases of ovarian cancer diagnosed this year and that more than 14,240 women will die from ovarian cancer this year.
But when a case is diagnosed and treated in the earliest stages, the five-year survival rate is over 90 percent.
The event is free of charge and will begin at 9 a.m. at the NCAR Table Mesa Trail.
Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m. and parking is available in the NCAR parking lot (1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder).
To donate to cancer care or for more information, visit http://www.bch.org/foundationgiving-opportunities/donate-now.aspx.
For more information and to register for the hike visit CUBuffs.com/hikeforher.