Colon Cancer Awareness Events
March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month! Help us raise awareness the importance of colon cancer screening, while raising funds to help local cancer patients in need. The 2020 Run for Your Buns 5K will be held at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, April 4 in Downtown Tupelo. Register at https://runsignup.com/Race/MS/Tupelo/RunForYourBuns.
A formal event, the Blue Tie Affair, will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 28 at the Tupelo Cotton Mill.
Sponsorship!
The NMMC Cancer Care Patient Assistance Fund provides approximately $220,000 annually to help qualifying cancer patients get much needed pain and anti-nausea medications, nutritional supplements, transportation for treatment and other supplies. This fund, administered by the Health Care Foundation of North Mississippi, is often the only resource available to help patients and their families through this difficult period of their lives.
Sponsorship levels:
$250………Includes your company name on Race T-shirt
$500………Includes vendor space at Race, logo on Race T-shirt
$1,000……Includes all of the above plus two tickets to the Blue Tie Affair
$1,500…….Includes all of the above plus four tickets to the Blue Tie Affair
$2,000……Finish line sponsor! Includes all of the above, plus the opportunity to hang your banner at the finish line on Race day. This is only available to one sponsor, so reserve your space soon!
$2,500……Presenting Sponsor for Blue Tie Affair. This includes logo on Race T-shirt, four tickets to Blue Tie Affair,vendor space at Race, plus your logo will be displayed prominently on the screens at Blue Tie Affair. This is only available to two sponsors.
Blue Tie Attendee!
This event closes colon cancer awareness month! The semiformal event will be held at the Tupelo Cotton Mill on March 28, 2020 at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $75 per person and includes two free drinks of your choice, music, food, silent auction and FUN! Blue attire is not required, but encouraged! For more information, call 662-377-5792.
One Ticket $75.00
Two Tickets $150.00
Table (seats 10) $750
Silent auction donation!
Another way you can show your support is by donating an item for our silent auction! If you are a business owner or a local artisan and would like to donate, please call Jaren Earnest at 662-377-5792.
Because of your participation at these colon cancer awareness events, we are able to not only spread awareness of colon cancer and colon cancer screening; we are able to help many people affected with cancer in our area.
Run For Your Buns Participant
This event kicks off colon cancer awareness month! This year is our 6th Annual Event. It will be held in historic Downtown Tupelo at Fairpark on Saturday, April 4, 2020. You can register online by clicking the link below! Race registration begins at 7:00 am, warm up with begins at 7:00 am and the race will begin promptly at 7:30AM. This year, we have a new route and all participants will be chip timed! For more questions, call Jaren Earnest at 662-377-5792.