AC Lens Raises $4200 to Fight Breast Cancer in The Race for the Cure

AC Lens, a Columbus, Ohio online contact lens and eye care accessory retailer, announced that they will be donating $4,200 to the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. What started out as one employee raising donations and walking for the cure turned into a company-wide event when President/CEO Peter Clarkson announced that the company would match any donation given to Team AC Lens during this fund raising event.

Columbus, OH (PRWEB) May 26, 2009 -- AC Lens, a Columbus, Ohio online contact lens and eye care accessory retailer, announced that they will be donating $4,200 to the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. What started out as one employee raising donations and walking for the cure turned into a company-wide event when President/CEO Peter Clarkson announced that the company would match any donation given to Team AC Lens during this fund raising event. With a goal of $2,000 dollars, the team was 105% to goal by race day, and the matching donation from their employer brought the total to $4200. Team AC Lens had participants who ran, walked, and even slept in for the cure. Their combined efforts in raising donations, along with the generous matching contribution made by AC Lens resulted in AC Lens being among the top 3 contributors in the 2009 Komen Columbus Race for the Cure.

"I'm thrilled that our company was able to support this event, and very proud of the efforts of our people who both participated in the race, and worked to raise money for such a worthwhile cause," said CEO Peter Clarkson.

The Komen Columbus Affiliate has raised over $13 million since it began in 1993 - 75 percent of that money stays in its 30-county service area and is used to conduct breast cancer education, screening and treatment. The other 25 percent goes to Susan G. Komen for the Cure to fund national breast cancer research programs. The Komen Columbus Affiliate ranks in the top 10 out of 108 Susan G. Komen for the Cure affiliates around the nation and world in race participation.

May 2009 marked the 17th anniversary of Komen Columbus and its marquee event, the Komen Columbus Race for the Cure®. The race was held in downtown Columbus on Saturday, May 16, 2009. Forty-six thousand people showed up to run and walk for the cure, and among them was Team AC Lens. This was the first Race for the Cure for AC Lens as well as a first 5K walk/run for most of the employees.

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