Why We Run: A Mission of Hope, Health, and Community with Thompson Cancer Survival Center 

Cancer has touched nearly every life — through a loved one, a friend, or a personal battle. At the heart of Race Against Cancer lies a shared mission: to bring comfort, dignity, and life-saving support to cancer patients right here in East Tennessee.

Funds raised through this event benefit the Thompson Cares Fund, helping patients with critical, everyday needs — gas cards for travel to treatment, help with utility bills, and access to life-saving medications. These aren’t extras. These are essentials. These are lifelines.

Your participation — whether you run, walk, sponsor, or donate — directly fuels this mission. You’re not just supporting medical care. You’re sustaining hope. You’re reminding every patient they’re not alone.

With deepest gratitude, we thank each participant and sponsor who joins us on this journey. Together, step by step, we’re building a stronger, more compassionate community — and racing toward hope.