www.achearoundthelake.org

You’re invited to join the fun
during the second annual Ache Around the Lake 5 Mile Run/Walk around beautiful Lake Lanier when nature’s beauty is reflective of the season. Can you just imagine hundreds of runners, walkers and a few baby strollers, meandering their way around the scenic lake road in the Carolina foothills? They’ll challenge themselves on a rigorous, but beautiful course, racing against time for the glory, personal satisfaction and, importantly, for a very good cause-- St. Luke’s Hospital and Foundation. I promise you do not want to miss this!



Ache Around the Lake is USATF-sanctioned event to promote fitness, health and wellbeing and to benefit our community’s private, not-for-profit acute care hospital. As a full-service hospital, St. Luke’s, along with our great medical staff, provides exceptional care, close to home. For more information about St. Luke’s Hospital and Foundation, please visit www.saintlukeshospital.com.



Of course we want--and need--your help so we can offer T-shirts, numerous awards, refreshments and fun at the finish line. Please help us make this a successful event by pledging your support. We expect Ache Around the Lake will attract about 500 visitors to our community. They will visit our shops and restaurants not only on Sept. 22, but they’re sure to come back again and again to enjoy the ambiance of our community.



Take some time to consider the sponsorship opportunities that are included with this letter. Check out our website at www.achearoundthelake.org and see why you should join the fun on Sept. 22.

Thank you for your consideration to support our race and support our community hospital. Your contribution will support St. Luke’s and our mission to provide for the healthcare needs of our community. All money raised this year will be used to support the St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation’s goal to upgrade St. Luke’s Mammography Services with improved technology for digital mammograms.

Breast cancer affects one in eight women, but with upgraded technology for mammograms, we can offer our community improved capabilities for breast cancer detection.
We’ll be in touch, but feel free to call Kathy Woodham or Jennifer Wilson 894-2408 to discuss your involvement in this great event, the second annual Ache Around the Lake.

Very sincerely,

Katie Malone
Race Director

Scarlette Tapp
Race Director

Carol Meeske
St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation

Would you like to help sponsor Ache Around the Lake? Click HERE.

Read Cameron's September 4, 2007 column here

To remain state-of-the-art and give the best service possible, St. Luke’s imaging services must move into the digital age so that images can be stored and read via the internet anytime, anywhere. Some of the hospital’s radiology equipment is digital ready and some, like the mammogram machine, can be made digital ready with the addition of other equipment and renovation of the mammogram room.

There is a health benefit to digital images of the breast as opposed to film images. The heightened contrast and ability to manipulate the image helps the radiologist find more cancerous and pre-cancerous conditions, particularly in women with very dense breast tissue, women under 50, and pre- or peri-menopausal women.

Please help us raise $275,000 for this important project that will protect more women in the Polk County area from breast cancer!

To contribute to this project, please make your check payable to St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation, 101 Hospital Drive, Columbus, NC 28722, or make your contribution on a secure server with a credit card by using the button below.