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HANNAH GOOR
City: Birmingham
Kudos: Leader Of The Race

For Hannah Goor, 14, a student at
Roeper School in Birmingham, the
words tikkun olam (healing the world)
are more than a concept — they are a
way to help the world find a cure for
breast cancer.
Hannah began participating in the
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation Race for the Cure in 1997
along with her mother, Linda
Tebelman, and Linda's four sisters,
Carol Klenner of St. Clair Shores,
Nancy Tebelman of Sterling Heights,
Anita Tebelman of South Lyon and
Janet Tebelman of Sterling Heights.
That same year, Aunt Nancy was diag-
nosed with breast cancer, which took her
life three years later.
For the past several years, Hannah
and her family, including her father,
Rob Goor, uncles Bob Tebelman of
Spring Lake and William Tebelman of
Dearborn and her 83-year-old grand-

mother Genevieve Tebelman of Center
Line have been participants in the race,
forming a team of close to 200 called
"Nan's Fans."
This year, Hannah organized her
own team — called "Tikkun Olcim" —
for the June 11 race. She coordinated
the art classes at school to make pink
ribbons that decorated the race route
and volunteered for pre-race activities
such as folding T-shirts and assembling
the packets distributed to participants.

Q: When did you first become
involved in the Race for the Cure?
"I was in the race for the first time
when I was 7 with my mom and my
aunts. My family and I have done it
every year since."

Why is . the race so meaningful to
you?
"It's important to find a cure for

Temple. I had 21 people on
my team; I made posters and
gave speeches to recruit kids
from school, people from my
temple and family friends."

Hannah with her Race for the Cure team sign.

breast cancer, and it's a way to honor
my Aunt Nancy. We became very
close when she lived with us before
she died. My mom says I have her
spirit; she was very committed to
doing things for other people."

Why did you start your own team?
"I did it as the project for my bat
mitzvah last February at Birmingham

What are your future plans?
"I definitely plan on being
involved in the Race for the
Cure for a long time. And
when I grow up, I want
to be a writer, a politician or a
biologist."

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— Ronelle Grier, special writer

This year's Komen Race for the Cure
included more than one million
participants in 100 races nationwide.
To participate or volunteer in next year's
event, contact Hannah at
HTGoor@comcastnet or e-mail
racorthecure@karmanos.org

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