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New event for the annual Hope Starts Here fund-raiser
Posted: 04.22.2011 at 5:39 PM
Updated: 04.24.2011 at 7:40 AM
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MARQUETTE -- An annual fund-raiser for brain tumor research is bringing a new athletic activity to the area.

Marquette General Hospital is hosting the Hope Starts Here Challenge on May 7.  It will be a duathlon.  That's a running leg followed by a mountain biking leg, and finally another running leg.

The money raised will go toward the Upper Michigan Brain Tumor Research Center, a collaboration project between Marquette General and Northern Michigan University.

"We can give people who have a diagnosis of a brain tumor more hope that there is more work being done to help their situation," said Laurie Neldberg-Weesen of Marquette General.

They're hoping to have at least 300 participants this year.

The registration fee will be discounted until April 29.

For more information, visit the Hope Starts Here website. 

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