EVANSVILLE, IN (WFIE) -
It was a beautiful last day of Summer for the 15th annual Race for the Cure.
Nearly 13,000 people came out Saturday. It's one of the largest, per capita, Race for the Cure events in the nation.
And although those there are battling a disease or know someone who is, you wouldn't know it by the excitement that filled downtown Evansville.
Louise Helm was one of the more than 900 survivors honored during Evansville's Race for the Cure.
"I am so excited, I was sick last year, but I'm here now baby," Louise said.
A recent breast cancer survivor who credits her faith, for her health.
Before the race, survivors gathered for a parade on Main Street, a reminder of how the disease has changed their lives and the struggles they share.
"It's very sad," said four-year survivor Jonna Isaacs. "I had to cry myself, my husband often has to turn away or go away because he's crying too. It's very emotional yes and the big crowd, you know you are helped financially and spiritually and everyone is just here to help in one big family and you realize that when you are walking down the survival trail."
It's clear the trail isn't an easy one, but for Saturday, cancer patients, survivors, and supporters stand up to a disease.
Seventy-five percent of the money raised stays local to pay for things like mammograms and treatment. We won't know exactly how much money was raised until about a month from now.
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We won't know exactly how much money was raised until about a month from now.
