DAVENPORT, Iowa--Terri is getting her team ready to go. During this year's Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, she's recruited almost 90 people to walk with her.
“Half of them are survivors and that's what I'm really proud of. That I have that many friends that are survivors and it just shows how things change after you go through the experience because you meet a whole different group of people," she says.
Terri was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010, fighting it off with radiation and chemotherapy. Now with her cancer in remission, sharing her journey with others has been her goal, and the Race for the Cure, she says has always been the best place to do that.
“We can’t forget about this because there will be someone that you know your mother your sister your friend your grandmother that will have breast cancer so we cannot leave this just to chance," say Christina McNamara, spokeswoman for the race.
But despite Terri’s efforts, the number of people registered for the race is down with just four days before the big day. Organizers say it's getting harder to compete with all the events filling up people's calendars. So far around 4,000 people registered for this year's race, however the expected turnout is 6,000.
"We may not have mud to run through and we may not have obstacles to crawl through, but we help women overcome obstacles. That obstacle is getting access to a mammogram, which can save their lives," says Christina McNamara Quad Cities Race for the Cure spokeswoman.
The goal for the Susan G. Komen, Quad Cities Race for the Cure is to raise $100,000 from individual and team participants, as of now they raised $28,000.
Last year the group raised $55,000 from individual and team participants.
The Komen Quad Cities Race for the Cure will be at the iWireless Center in Moline, Saturday June, 11.