Guidant Financial Group Blog

Guidant employees joined 14,500 participants at this year’s Race for the Cure event in downtown Seattle. With the help of Guidant’s Social Commitment Committee, the employees raised $5,000 for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure fund.

It was truly an awe-inspiring experience for all attendees. Most of downtown Seattle was at a standstill while thousands of men, women, children and pets walked in support of breast cancer awareness. According to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, this year’s run celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Race for the Cure, the largest series of 5K runs/fitness walks in the world, with well over 1 million participants since 2005.

As have many of you, the Guidant family has been directly affected by breast cancer, and this cause is one very dear to the hearts of many Guidant employees.

The official event in Seattle raised more than $1.65 million, with 14 to 18 percent going toward costs.

Interested in helping out? Visit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure website.