2019 Komen Atlanta MORE THAN PINK Walk at Lenox Square on May 4th

ATLANTA (DECEMBER 14, 2018) – Komen Atlanta has announced that the annual Komen Atlanta MORE THAN PINK Walk™ will return to Lenox Square on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 8:00 a.m. Early discounted event registration is available at www.komenatlanta.org/walk.

The Komen Atlanta MORE THAN PINK Walk™ follows a 2.5 mile route through Buckhead on iconic Peachtree Street with friends, families, co-workers and neighbors. At this annual event, supporters, survivors and those living with metastatic breast cancer walk to raise funds for Komen Atlanta and to honor those who have been lost to the disease.

“The Komen Atlanta MORE THAN PINK Walk™ has been embraced by Atlantans because a majority of the net proceeds raised by the event stays in the local community to help fund programs offering breast health education and breast cancer screening and treatment,” said Cati Diamond Stone, executive director of Susan G. Komen® Greater Atlanta. “It is our hope that this event will inspire the metro Atlanta community to want to do more for research, more for our community, more for caring for those living with breast cancer – especially metastatic breast cancer – and more action to find the cures.”

The event also supports the Susan G. Komen® Bold Goal of reducing the current number of breast cancer deaths in the U.S. by 50% by 2026. More than one million participants participate in Komen walks and races every year, and the Komen Atlanta MORE THAN PINK Walk™ is one of the organization’s signature annual events.

The Komen Atlanta MORE THAN PINK Walk™ registration opens at 6:30 a.m. Shortly before 8:00 a.m., survivors and those living with metastatic breast cancer will march to the opening ceremony. The event concludes with a post-walk celebration at 8:45 a.m.

Global Payments has been announced as the 2019 Heroes for Hope Sponsor, joining Presenting Sponsor Kroger, VIP Host Georgia-Pacific, Mission Mosaic Sponsor WellStar, and the Komen Atlanta MORE THAN PINK Walk™ host site, Lenox Square Mall.

For more information on Komen Atlanta, please visit www.komenatlanta.org.

About Susan G. Komen® Greater Atlanta
Metro Atlanta women are dying of breast cancer more often when compared to women in the U.S. as a whole. And that has to change. Komen Atlanta fights breast cancer on two fronts: at home in metro Atlanta by providing breast health and breast cancer services for those who cannot afford them, and globally by funding cutting edge research to find cures. Komen Atlanta has raised $49.7 million since its inception in 1991, with over $38 million invested in Metro Atlanta to save lives locally and over $9 million invested to fund research to save lives all over the world. Komen Atlanta is part of the national Susan G. Komen organization, the largest private funder in the fight against breast cancer. For more information visit KomenAtlanta.org.