Once again this year, physical therapy students from Belmont University helped coordinate Nashville’s Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.  Over 100 student volunteers assisted with course set-up and take-down, served as course marshals throughout the course including the start/finish line, provided water at course stations, and handled crowd management.  The event drew over 26,000 participants and spectators on a cold and rainy Saturday in late October.  The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure is a nationwide effort to raise funds to help end breast cancer forever.

Dr. Michael Voight, professor of physical therapy at Belmont, was co-chairman of this year’s Nashville Komen Race.  Dr. Voight is a longtime supporter of the organization and for years has brought PT students to help coordinate the annual race.  Voight says, “I chose to support Komen because 75 percent of every dollar raised in the region stays in Middle Tennessee and provides grants to other area non‐profits.  These local organizations are working on the front lines to battle breast cancer, educating all of us on the value of early detection and promoting awareness to low‐income and non‐insured individuals.  To date Komen Greater Nashville has provided more than $3 million in screening, treatment and educational services to the women of Middle Tennessee.” Continue reading →