First, following up on Sunday’s Alki Beach 5K Walk/Run to raise money for Northwest Hope and Healing‘s work helping breast-cancer patients (our same-day coverage is here and here), NWHH executive director Shari Sewell has an update:

Nearly 1,400 walkers, runners, volunteers, sponsors and supporters came out on a beautiful morning for the Alki Beach 5k Walk & Run. We are so thrilled at the cooperation we received from the West Seattle community as well as the support of our participants. Our supporters have embraced our mission to help women get through breast cancer, and the event has grossed over $75,000, with donations still coming in. Donations can be made online at www.alkibeachrun.com. Special thanks to our Presenting Sponsor, Dr Glenn Krieger, who has generously supported our annual event over the past few years.

And from NWHH supporter and Alki Beach 5K participant Amy Daly-Donovan, a photo and info from an “afterparty” of sorts:

From left, that’s NWHH founder Christine Smith, Amy and husband Jim, and Shari Sewell. Amy reports $1,800 more was raised at the party, for which she provides the backstory:

I signed up for NWHH’s inaugural run event in 2003 – it was a half marathon and the longest distance I’d ever run. My young & vibrant sister had recently passed away from an aggressive form of breast cancer and I wanted to do something to honor her, and liked the idea of supporting a LOCAL organization that supported LOCAL breast cancer patients. In that first year, NWHH encouraged each participant to raise $500 and I decided to try something different rather than asking for pledges. Jim and I hosted a cocktail party and asked people to come and make a donation to NWHH. That first year we raised nearly $1,400.

We decided to make an annual event of it and have been running & partying every year since. Last year, the total we have raised through the generosity of our friends and family surpassed the $10,000 mark! We are thrilled to be able to support this wonderful and much-needed organization in such a significant way. Two of my sisters and my niece and I also participated in NWHH’s Spring Fashion Show last May and had a blast.

You can find out more about Northwest Hope and Healing at nwhopeandhealing.org. ADDED TUESDAY: We’ve received a followup also from the presenting sponsor, Krieger Dentistry, regarding their ongoing efforts to help fight breast cancer – read on:

As so many people have, Glenn Krieger, D.D.S.,
F.A.G.D. and his team at Krieger Dentistry received the news earlier this year that
a friend and patient of their practice was diagnosed with breast cancer. They
decided to lend not only their support to the patient, but they have gone a step
further to support the Northwest Hope & Healing Foundation by sponsoring the Alki
Beach Run and donating proceeds from new patient visits.

Krieger Dental is proud to support such a worthy cause for not only their friend and
patient battling cancer, but for the millions of women who have shared a similar
diagnosis. For that reason, the team at Krieger Dental has decided to donate a
portion of ALL proceeds of every new patient visit to the Northwest Hope & Healing
Foundation through the end of this year. Their ultimate goal is to provide a means
for individuals to lend a helping hand that have ever had a friend or relative
battle breast cancer and to support women in battling this disease.

With such a huge response from participants of the Alki Beach Run, Krieger Dental
looks forward to further the cause of the Northwest Hope & Healing Foundation and
supporting all women within the area that have been touched by some aspect of breast
cancer. Thank you to the many people that visited our booth at Alki; your
encouragement and contributions are much appreciated.

If you would like more information about how you can be a part of Krieger Dental’s
efforts, please call our office at 206-935-1855. Schedule your appointment today in
memory or support of your friend or loved one and help us further the cause to
battle breast cancer.