The 14th annual Susan G. Komen Austin Race for the Cure® will be held on Sunday, November 4, 2012, in downtown Austin. The Komen Austin Race for the Cure increases breast cancer awareness, celebrates survivorship, and raises critical funds for breast cancer, screening, treatment, and research. One out of eight women will have to fight breast cancer in her lifetime. That’s why, since 1999, the Austin Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure has been hard at work here in the Austin area raising money to provide breast cancer screening, education and medical services as well as financial and emotional support. In fact, 75 percent of the money we raise each year is put to work right here in Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, Williamson counties to improve the lives of those affected by this deadly disease. The remaining funds go to national research to find a cure for breast cancer once and for all. For more information visit www.komenaustin.org.