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First Posted: 8/20/2013 Council and committee members are planning the Komen NEPA Race for the Cure&#174; to be held on Sept. 21 in downtown Scranton. Seventy-five percent of the net proceeds stay in Northeastern Pennsylvania to fund local community education, early detection screening and treatment grants. A minimum of 25 percent of the funds is used for Komen National Research Grant Awards. The Komen NEPA affiliate serves 16 counties in the region, including Carbon, Clinton, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Pike, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming. To register for race, visit www.komennepa.org. For more information, call Susan G. Komen&#174; Northeastern Pennsylvania at 570-969-6072 or email admin.info@komennepa.org. Some of the volunteers, from left, first row, are Roseann Brutico, Shannon Roche, Gretchen Wintermantel, Ann Marie Webb and Sue O&#8217;Day. Second row: Tina Orner, Nancy Ryan, Jill Eidenberg, Donna Rupp, Robin Donnelly, Nicole Pettinato and Colleen Gilboy.

Komen NEPA Race for the Cure® planned