6th Annual Philadelphia Oral Cancer Walk & 5K

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h3. Help Build Support and Awarenesss of Oral Cancer Prevention

Penn Dental Medicine’s student-run Philadelphia Oral Cancer Awareness Society is once again working with students from Temple’s Kornberg School of Dentistry to present the 6th Annual Philadelphia Oral Cancer Walk & 5K, Saturday, March 29, 2014. This annual event raises funds in support of the Oral Cancer Foundation, while building awareness of the importance of early detection and screening in the prevention of oral cancer.

h3. Schedule

Come walk or run – whatever your speed, it promises to be a fun day for all! The 5K run starts prior to the walk at Penn Park (Walnut & 30th steets), travelling through the Park and Penn campus and ending at Penn Dental Medicine. The start and finish line for the walk is at Penn Dental Medicine, 40th and Locust Streets – “map”:https://www.google.com/maps?q=240+S+40th+St,+Philadelphia,+PA+19104&hl=en&ll=39.953438,-75.146999&spn=0.116983,0.177326&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=58.858685,70.048828&oq=240+south+40th+s&vpsrc=6&hnear=240+S+40th+St,+Philadelphia,+Pennsylvania+19104&t=m&z=13&iwloc=A.

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| 7:00 am | Run Registration at Penn Park |
| 8:00 am | Run Start at Penn Park |
| 9:00 am | Walk Registration at Penn Dental Medicine |
| 9:30 am | Keynote Speaker – see below |
| 10:00 am | Walk Start at Penn Dental Medicine |
| 9:00 am -12:00 pm | Post-race Festivities |
| 8:00 am – 12:00 pm | Free Oral Cancer Screenings |

Post-race events (food, drinks, smoothies, music, face-painting, and more!) and oral screenings will be held inside Penn Dental Medicine, 240 S. 40th Street, Philadelphia, PA.

*Keynote Speaker: Cancer Survivor Michael White*
Michael White’s story began Thanksgiving week 2001. His wife was pregnant with their second child, his daughter was 15 months old and he was just diagnosed with Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Michael first heard these words when the technician shared the results of his neck biopsy and he quickly responded “Does that mean I don’t have cancer?” Over the course of the next ten months, Michael would learn the meaning of those and many new words such as radical neck dissection, feeding tubes, tracheostomy, radiation and chemotherapy. Michael is now a 12-year survivor of stage 4 oral cancer! Michael will share his experiences with his discovery process, treatments and recovery. He will share the challenges he faced 12 years ago, and the life altering impacts that stay with him through this day.

h3. Registration

Gather friends and form a group or come out on your own! “Register Now>>”:https://donate.oralcancer.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=register.start&eventID=590