MEDIA ADVISORY
January 9, 2006

First-Time Marathon Participants To Return Triumphant After Raising $90,000 for Roswell Park at Disney Team Cure Challenge

WHAT:
A dedicated group of Western New Yorkers will come home tonight from Walt Disney World after completing the Roswell Park Team Cure Orlando Marathon Challenge, and raising $90,000 for lifesaving cancer research. Twenty-three individuals, mostly first-time runners and long-distance walkers, trained for three months with help from the Roswell Park program, in order to honor their loved ones who have bravely faced cancer and to make a difference for future cures. In addition to their training preparation, the participants each gathered donations and pledges through a variety of fundraising activities, before dashing through the Magic Kingdom this past weekend. Registration is now underway for Roswell’s next challenge event in San Francisco this July at TEAMCURE-DOT-COM.

WHO:
A small group (including some family members) from the Roswell Park team will arrive this evening on Southwest Flight #497.
· Jennifer Paladino, a Team Cure Challenge member, who successfully completed her first marathon at this event, is available for interviews about her experience and her inspiration for running. Jennifer ran in honor of her mother, and in memory of her grandmother, who both faced breast cancer. (See Jennifer’s cell number above.)

WHERE:
Buffalo Niagara International Airport
· Information desk on lower Baggage area level

WHEN:
approximately 6:45 pm flight arrival time. Jennifer and/or other Team Cure members will stay until 7:05 pm at the above meeting location before heading home.

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