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Eyeing The Cure

Run participants join the fight against breast cancer.

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Shawna Small, 14, of Novi with her mother,
Lisa, as part of the Tikkun Olam race team

any Jews were among the participants
at this year's Race for the Cure to
support the Susan G. Komen Breast
Cancer Foundation.
An estimated 30,000 Metro Detroiters took
part in the 14th annual 5K walk/run at
Comerica Park in Detroit. The June event was
sponsored by the Barbara Ann
Karmanos Cancer Institute,
headquartered in Detroit, one
of the largest cancer centers in
the country.
This year, the Race for the
Cure joined with the Detroit
Festival of Arts, a three-day
arts extravaganza with 20
musical acts stationed along
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Many dedicated the June 11
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race to a loved one lost to
breast cancer. Linda
Tebelman of the Birmingham Temple in
Farmington Hills, which had a large race pres-
ence, formed Nan's Fans in 1998 following her
sister's death from the disease. "We were the
largest family team from 2001-2003, with hun-
dreds of walkers," said Tebelman, of
Birmingham. "Then my sister Anita formed
another part of our team, named Great Lakes
Waste Management."
The Great Lakes Waste Management team's
motto is "let's trash breast cancer."
This year, Tebelman's daughter, Hannah Goor,
13, formed Tikkun Olam, a 21-person team as a
bat mitzvah project. "Tikkun Olam means heal-
ing the world," Hannah said. "I thought it was

appropriate because by healing breast cancer
we're saving lots of women's lives. It's like we're
repairing the world."
Dr. Sandra Lerner of Huntington Woods was
part of Team Boyd, the fourth largest group with
150 walkers. Team Boyd walked in memory of
Michelle Sims, a patient of Dr. Lerner. Michelle
died this year after a long bout with cancer.
"This year was particularly important for me to
walk," Dr. Lerner said.
Adina Rubenstein, a science teacher from
Huntington Woods and a friend of Dr. Lerner,
joined in the walk. "It's not only important for
funding, but for education and getting the word
out," she said.
Metro Detroit is one of the largest areas to
partake in the Race for the Cure, raising a record
$1.2 million last year. Proceeds aid cancer edu-
cation, programs and treatment in Metro
Detroit. About 25 percent of the proceeds goes
toward research at the Dallas-based Komen
Foundation created by Nancy Brinker in 1982,
following the cancer death of her sister, Susan
Goodman Komen.
"There is a high rate of breast cancer within
Jewish Ashkenazi women," Dr. Lerner said. "I'm
sure many people in the Jewish community
know women who have been affected." CI

Hannah Goor, 13, of Birmingham and Emily
Wheeler, 14, of Rochester

Joshua and Sandra Lerner and Adina Rubenstein,
all of Huntington Woods and part of Team Boyd

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Christopher Zachary, Kelly Fitzgibbons, Michelle
Goldman and Mike Smith, all of Waterford

Karen Tabaczynski of Novi with daughter Emily 3 months,
and Bonnie Tabaczynski ofAllen Park with daughter Kate, 3