Holly Dorson-King '12 and Olivia Killian '12 organized Sunday's Belles for Boobies 5K run/walk. The race benefits breast cancer research and support.
Holly Dorson-King '12 and
Olivia Killian '12 organized Sunday's
Belles for Boobies 5K run/walk. The race
benefits breast cancer research
and support.

The Saint Mary’s College Healthy Mind, Healthy Body Club will host its inaugural Belles for Boobies 5K walk/run to benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, an organization dedicated to research and support for breast cancer. The event will take place at 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 9. Registration for the race is $5 and is open to the public.

The Healthy Mind, Healthy Body Club is a student-run organization founded in the spring of 2011. The club’s treasurer, Holly Dorson-King ’12, organized the race with help from Olivia Killian ’12.

Dorson-King, a nursing major, spent her summer in New York City with an internship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, one of the world’s premier cancer treatment centers. Afterward, she was inspired to create an event that would promote a healthy lifestyle while benefiting a cancer foundation.

“My experience working with cancer patients really inspired me to raise awareness of cancer,” Dorson-King said. “Saint Mary’s is an all-female school, so breast cancer is something everyone on campus should aware of. Having participated in a Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, I knew it was that exact energy that I wanted to use to inspire the women of Saint Mary’s.”

Participants can register from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. the day of the race. Long-sleeve shirts will be sold for $18. Race participants are encouraged to wear pink in honor of those who have fought breast cancer.

The race will begin at the Saint Mary’s softball fields on the north side of campus, follow a double loop and conclude at the library green in the center of campus. Gatorade and bagels will be available for runners and walkers after the race.

—Bridget Meade ’12