Team Awards

The 2011 Susan G. Komen Iowa Affiliate Race for the Cure - Des Moines® is all about TEAMS! Our Race teams can change history—the history of breast cancer—by helping the Komen Iowa Affiliate Race for the Cure reach record-breaking levels of Race participation and fundraising. A Race for the Cure team is a group of 10 or more participants who join together for the Race season to have fun and raise funds to empower the breast cancer movement.

Team Awards

Team awards help drive the friendly competition that makes each year better than the last! Numbers for awards are calculated for registrations and donations received by Wednesday October 18, 2011. Team members may continue to register and raise funds up until Friday November 18, 2011, however any registrations or funds collected after the October 18, 2011 will not be considered for award calculation purposes.

Congratulations to the winners of our Team Awards for the 2011 Komen Iowa Race for the Cure - Des Moines!

The winners of the largest team in each of the following team categories are:

• Largest Survivor Team - Pam's Posse (Team Captain: Pam Dixon; 113 registrants, $961 raised by October 18, 2011)
• Largest Company Team (500+ Employees) - Mercy (Team Captain: Jennifer Peterson; 561 registrants, $1,699 raised by October 18, 2011)
• Largest Company Team (Less than 500 Employees) - Walgreens (Team Captain: Jenni Slaugh; 241 registrants, $241 raised by October 18, 2011)
• Largest School Team - Colfax Mingo Cancer Crusaders (Team Captain: Larry Pace; 80 registrants)
• Largest Friends and Family Team - TEAM WA (Team Captain: Tricia White; 147 registrants, $725 raised by October 18, 2011)

The winners of the largest FUNDRAISING teams in each of the following categories are:

• 10-25 team members - Komen Iowa Board of Directors (Team Captain: Giulia Jackson; 25 registrants, $2,895 raised by October 18, 2011)
• 26-50 team members - Myers and More... Dreaming of a Cure (Team Captain: Nancie Dorrell; 48 registrants, $8,135 raised by October 18, 2011) 
• 51-100 team members - Pink Steppers (Team Captain: Anne Adams; 56 registrants; $1,841 raised by October 18, 2011)
• 101-300 team members - Pam's Posse (Team Captain:  Pam Dixon; 113 registrants, $961 raised by October 18, 2011)
• 300+ team members - Wells Fargo's ONE WELLS FARGO TEAM for the CURE (Team Captain:  Rhonda Davis-Baldwin; 446 registrants, $4,190 raised by October 18, 2011)

If you are the Team Captain and did not receive your award on Race Day, please email info@komeniowa.org to make arrangements for pick-up.