We are ROCKIN' and Rollin'!

The Pink Pacers have been working so hard over the past few months! We have gotten a solid head start on the planning for our upcoming 5K in September and it has been a blast! We are SHOCKED by how well it is going and we hope the momentum continues to go well! Many business and groups have come on board to join us in our hope to raise funds and awareness for the amazing Get REAL & HEEL program! We are going to be celebrating with these groups in May when we invite them to a Sponsor's Party to thank them for what they are doing for us and to allow them to see, first hand, the building where all the magic takes place!  Thank you to the...

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SAVE THE DATE!

Don't forget to save the date for the upcoming Bridging the Gap 5K Fun run/walk and 1 mile walk on September 24th! We are so excited as planning has begun! Fleet Feet Sports Carrboro, Southport Graphics, The Tumble Gym Southern Village, Greywinds, UNC Campus Recreation, UNC Cheerleaders, UNC Gymnastics and Dance Theater South will be there! Be on the lookout for registration! You do not want to miss this event. 100% of the money that is raised...

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Blue & Pink Gymnastics Meet and Breast Cancer Awareness Fair

The 2011 Blue & Pink Gymnastics event was a SUCCESS on many levels! We were able to break the all time UNC Gymnastics attendance with 2,6 15 people! We also doubled the money we raised last year with over $1,700!!!!! We are so excited and really apprecaite all that came out to support this event! Fleet Feet Sports Carrboro, Dance Theater South, and Hillsborough Yoga helped make the Fair a blast! We had so much fun and look forward...

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Blue & Pink Gymnastics Meet and Breast Cancer Awareness Fair

The Pink Pacers are so excited for this upcoming event in February! The UNC Gymanstics Team have invited The Pink Pacers, Get REAL & HEEL, Fleet Feet and many more to provide a Breast Cancer Fair before their meet. We are able to show the community what an amazing program Get REAL & HEEL is! We will have activities for children which include face painting, glitter for the hair, pink tattoos, cornhole, give-aways from Fleet Feet and so much...

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Just a little blurb about Get REAL & HEEL and the upcoming year!!

Get REAL (Get Recreation, Get Exercise, Get Active, Get Living) & HEEL (a reference to healing and the UNC Tarheels) is a 20-week program designed to address overall health and well-being for breast cancer survivors. Get REAL & HEEL (GRH) utilizes an integrative approach to wellness. Participants attend the center three times per week and receive individualized prescriptive exercise and recreational therapy to improve physical and psychosocial well-being. Exercise programming includes cardiovascular, strength, and flexibility training. Recreational therapy (RT) enhances psychosocial wellbeing with interventions including biofeedback and...

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The Pink Pacers' Story

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We are back and I am smiling!

Hello Pink Pacers and visitors!I am so excited for the 2010-2011 Pink Pacers year! I could not be more thrilled to get this show started! Up ahead, we will be organizing the Cancer awareness Fair with the UNC Gymnastics Team as well as the Pink Pacers 5K Walk/Run! We are going to build on the success of our first walk and step it up a notch! Get your running and walking shoes out in preperation for the Fun day! These two will take place in February and in the Fall of 2011! Lots of planning to do and I am ready!Are y...

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