Runners as an alternative of planes took off on the north runway at Miami Worldwide Airport on October 29 for the MIA Runway 5K Flight 2022. The occasion which was held for the second time will donate all proceeds to the American Most cancers Society’s Making Strides Towards Breast Most cancers (MSABC) marketing campaign.
The occasion, which drew greater than 2,500 individuals, adopted the inaugural MIA race in October 2020 and the primary Runway 5K at Miami-Opa Locka Government Airport (OPF) in March 2022. This 12 months’s 5K Collection at MIA and OPF is predicted to lift a mixed complete of over $30,000 for the MSABC marketing campaign from participant registration charges and occasion sponsorships.
Subsequent 12 months’s 5K Collection will increase to 3 races, with Miami Government Airport in south Miami-Dade becoming a member of MIA and OPF as race areas.
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“Most cancers is a illness that has impacted all of us in a method or one other, whether or not personally or by means of a member of the family, buddy, or colleague,” mentioned Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. “I’m so pleased with all our Runway 5K individuals and our Miami-Dade County workers who actually made strides in opposition to breast most cancers at this time, in many alternative methods.”
Sponsors and supporters included host sponsor American Airways, aviation companions Catalina Aerospace Company, Atlantic Aviation, Signature Flight Assist, Spirit Airways, LATAM Airways, Silver Lining Inflight Companies, and TYLin, and neighborhood companions Baptist Well being Most cancers Care, Wawa, Michelob Extremely, Saint James Natural Inexperienced Tea, and the Miami-Dade Parks, Recreation, and Open Areas and Stable Waste Administration departments.
“It was an honor and a privilege for us to host two races this 12 months as a part of our first Runway 5K Collection to do our half within the combat in opposition to breast most cancers,” mentioned Ralph Cutié, Miami-Dade Aviation Division Director and CEO. “We respect each single individual and group who ran or donated cash and assets to make this 12 months’s occasions a hit for these battling this lethal illness. We additionally hope everybody loved the distinctive alternative to run on one of many busiest airport runways within the nation.”