Unpaid fees hamper Cleveland Race for the Cure

CLEVELAND (AP) — Organizers say Cleveland’s recent Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure fell short of its goal, partly because nearly half the participants failed to pay registration fees.

The annual fundraiser for breast cancer research and early detection relies on the fees, averaging $30 per person, also on donations that the runners or walkers are supposed to collect from family, friends and co-workers.

This year’s goal was $1.7 million, but the event fell about $300,000 short.

Race for the Cure regional director Sophie Sureau says of the 25,000 people who took part last month, around 40 percent didn’t register and pay the fee. She suspects people who are properly signed up bring along others who aren’t but want to join in, possibly forgetting that it’s a fundraiser.