BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CiviCRM//NONSGML CiviEvent iCal//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:CiviCRM_EventID_80_5b1e8d2d527341955940c2846627a2c3@norcalcarcinet.org SUMMARY:Oakland Running Festival 2020 DESCRIPTION: \;\n \n \n \n NorCal CarciNet Community is pa rticipating in the 2020 \;Oakland Running Fest ival on August 30\, 2020\n \n Our team will be run ning to raise awareness of Neuroendocrine Cancer&n bsp\;- sometimes called NETs or Carcinoid. There a re nearly 170\,000 people in the US living with so me form of this cancer.  \;Every day someone i n the bay area is diagnosed with a NET. To learn m ore about the running festival and why it was vote d the Best Marathon in the Pacific Northwest click here. \;\n \n \n NEWS FLASH: Over the last 7& nbsp\;years NorCal CarciNET \;Community has ha d over 400 \;runners participate and raises ov er $60\,000 for the Neuroendocrine Community. &nbs p\;\n \n \n \n \n Click on photo for full screen. Click here to see nearly \;200 photos of the d ay.\n \n  \;\n \n \n In 2013 Todd Lloyd ran in the running festival raising \;awareness and $3\,000 for NorCal CarciNet Community.  \;Clic k here \;to read more about his run. Every yea r we have grown our team\, in 2019 \;we had 12 5 participate in the event\, running\, walking or just enjoying the day.\n \n \n  \;\n \n  \ ;Our team needs runners and volunteers to help rai se awareness of this disease.\n \n It started in&n bsp\;2013 with one man \;- and \;one visio n \;- to wear a NorCal CarciNET shirt at the O akland Running Festival and raise awareness of NET s\, a disease that his friend and neighbor was fig hting. From one zebra in a sea of 10\,000\, we hav e grown and \;have had over 100 participants s ince 2017. In 2019 we placed 5 runners in the top 5 of their age/gender category including a Top 10 overall finisher. \;\n \n March 21\, 2020  \;- We need volunteers to help staff expo day for the Oakland Running Festival-- Many Shifts are Ava ilable -- The running festival runs on volunteers - if you have time on Saturday\, please help us fi ll our volunteer commitment. \;\n \n March 22\ , 2020 \;- \;5k\, half marathon\, team rel ay\, and full marathon. \;\n \n Runners will e ach receive NorCal CarciNET \;/ Oakland Runnin g Festival T-shirts\, and some extra goodies in th eir NorCal CarciNET \;goodie bag as well as a shirt \;from the running festival.\n \n  \ ;\n \n Participant can also elect to set up person al contribution pages to raise money for NorCal Ca rciNET in conjunction with the Oakland Running Fes tival. \;\n \n  \;\n \n Interested in dona ting to our team? Several of our runners have set up fundraising pages to raise money for NorCal Car ciNET Community. Over the past four years\, we hav e raised over $20\,000 during the Oakland Running Festival to support our programs.\n \n 2020 \; Fundraising Pages:\n \n Jennifer'\;s \;Fund raiser for NET Cancer \; - \;Todd Llyod 9\;s Running Page \;-Carylon Hummer \;- Je ssica Mercure \;- Hayes Family \;- NorCal CarciNET Community \;\n \n Thank you for your interest in our team. \;\n \n NorCal CarciNET& nbsp\;Community\n \n \n  \; CATEGORIES:Fundraiser CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20201031T063000 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20201031T063000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20201031T120000 LOCATION:Snow Park\n 19TH Street And Harrison St\,\n Oaklan d\, CA 94612\n United States\n URL:https://norcalcarcinet.org/index.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/event/info&Itemid=594&reset=1&id=80 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR