Oakland Running Festival 2017

NorCal CarciNet Community is participating in the 2017 Oakland Running Festival on April 2, 2017.

Our team will be running to raise awareness of Neuroendocrine Cancer - sometimes called NETs or Carcinoid. There are nearly 150,000 people in the US living with some form of this cancer.  To learn more about the running festival and why it was voted the Best Marathon in the Pacific Northwest click here. 

NEWS FLASH: Over the last 4 years NorCal Carcinet Community has had nearly 200 runners partcipate and raises over $30,000 for the Neuroendocrine Community.  

Thank You!

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In 2013 Todd Llyod ran in the running festival rasing awarness and $3,000 for NorCal CarciNet Community.  Click here to read more about his run.

 Our team needs runners and volunteers to help raise awareness of this disease.

It started in 2013 with one man - and one vision - to wear a NorCal CarciNET shirt at the Oakland Running Festival and raise awareness of NETs, a disease that his friend and neighbor was fighting. From one zebra in a sea of 10,000 we have grown and now have 70 participants for the March, 20th 2016 festival - and we have room for more. Click here to register.

April 1, 2017 - We need volunteers to help staff expo day for the Oakland Running Festival-- Many Shifts are Available -- The running festival runs on volunteers - if you have time on Saturday, please help us fill our volunteer commitment.  Link will be provided in 2017 

April 2, 2017 5k, half marathon and full marathon. 

Runners will each receive NorCal CarciNet / Oakland Running Festival T-shirts, and some extra goodies in their NorCal CarciNet goodie bag as well as a shirt and good bag from the running festival.

Participant can also elect to set up personal contribution pages to raise money for NorCal CarciNet in conjunction with the Oakland Running Festival. 

Interested in donating to our team? Several of our runners have set up fundraising pages to raise money for NorCal CarciNET Communinty. Over the past four years we have rasied over $20,000 during the Oakland Running Festival to support our programs.

2017 Fundraising Pages:

Jennifer's Fundraiser for NET Cancer  - Todd Llyod's Running Page - NorCal CarciNET's Running Donation Page - LexCares

Thank you for your interest in our team. 

NorCal CarciNet Community

NorCal CarciNET Community would like to thank our sponsors for their help in providing our partcipants new running shirts and hats.

Our 2017 Sponsors