​Peach State Freightliner Is The Hope Sponsor For This Year’s Record Breaking Winship Win The Fight 5K Benefitting The Winship Cancer Institute

For the sixth year in a row, the Winship Win the Fight 5K Walk/Run raised a record level of cancer research funding. According to Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, the event brought in more than $880,000. More than three thousand runners and walkers tackled the Peachtree Road Race qualifying course on Saturday, October 1st that started and ended on the Emory campus and wound its way through the surrounding Druid Hills-area.

Peach State brought out over 50 employees and partners who participated in the race, a record number for the company who has been a part of every Winship 5K event since its founding. Peach State Freightliner was the event’s Hope Sponsor.

"We appreciate all the runners, walkers and volunteers who helped make the 6th annual Winship 5K an extraordinary success," says Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD, executive director of Winship. "The money raised will support cancer research projects at Winship and will help us to create more and more success stories in our fight against cancer."

“It’s always an honor to sponsor and bring out a team for the Winship Win the Fight 5K,” added Peach State CEO Rick Reynolds. “We’ve been a part of this event since the beginning because we believe in the great work the Winship Cancer Institute does for cancer research. We always look forward to this event each and every year.”

The Winship Win the Fight 5K is unique because it allows participants to direct their tax-deductible donations to benefit specific cancer research projects based on their personal interests. Donations will be accepted until November 15, 2016. For more information, go to: http://winship5K.emory.edu/.

Plans are already in the works for the 7th annual Winship Win the Fight 5K to be held in 2017.