2022 Komen Events Near You
Hello 2022! With the start of the New Year, we are extremely excited to share our upcoming events throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania with you.
Interested in sponsoring? Reach out to Chelsea Beecher, NJ & PA Development Director, by emailing cbeecher@komen.org or calling 973–536–1251.
NEW JERSEY
June 10 — Susan G. Komen IMPACT Luncheon — Join us for a fulfilling Friday afternoon of celebration, inspiration, and education at our IMPACT Luncheon hosted at Forsgate Country Club in Monroe Township, NJ. Read more and Register!
We are excited to share the following speakers for our 2022 IMPACT Luncheon!
· Coral Omene, MD, PhD, Medical Oncologist at RWJ Barnabas Health Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey discussing Disparities in Breast Cancer
· Celia Moncholi, Executive Vice President and Head of Customer Experience at TD Bank presenting on ‘What Philanthropy Meant in my Career’.
October 2 — New Jersey MORE THAN PINK Walk — Save the date for the first Sunday in October to kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month at Six Flags Great Adventure! The MORE THAN PINK Walk is our biggest fundraising and community education event. Help us surpass last year’s goal of $700,000! Read more about our 2021 event!
October 11 — Susan G. Komen Golf for the Cure — Our 23rd annual golf tournament will take place on Tuesday, October 11 at Metedeconk National Golf Club. Come on out for a day of yelling “fore!” on the course for an important cause! Learn more about our 22nd event last year!
PENNSYLVANIA
May 8 — East & West Pennsylvania MORE THAN PINK Walks — Join in on the Mother’s Day tradition by registering free for our 2022 PA MORE THAN PINK Walk taking place at Parx Casino in Bensalem, Schenley Park in Pittsburgh or Walk Where You Are! Create a team and join us for a fun-filled morning, uniting towards a world without breast cancer!
To register for our East PA Walk: komen.org/eastpawalk
To register for our West PA Walk: komen.org/westpawalk
To register to Walk Where You Are: komen.org/eastpawalk or komen.org/westpawalk
October — Are you passionate about ending breast cancer? Do you consider yourself competitive? Are you willing to get your network involved? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you might have what it takes to be a BigWig! Learn more about this 4-week FUNdraising competition by contacting Molly Sweet — msweet@komen.org
BigWig [ˈbigˌwig] (noun): an important person, usually in a particular sphere; synonym: VIP (very important person)
Komen BigWigs (noun): very important people willing to raise awareness and funds to support the very serious effort to end breast cancer while having fun and possibly wearing silly pink wigs
November — Date TBA— Susan G. Komen IMPACT Luncheon — Join us for a fulfilling afternoon of celebration, inspiration, and education at our IMPACT Luncheon hosted in Philadelphia. More to come.
BREAST CANCER EDUCATION EVENTS
Details to come.
· Breast Cancer Education Event presented by RWJBarnabas | Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
· Breast Cancer Education Event presented by Hackensack Meridian Health
· Breast Cancer Education Event presented by Geisinger
· Breast Cancer Education Event presented by Penn Medicine
We can’t wait to see you in 2022!
