Save the Os 5K raises funds for cancer research

The mission of the Norma Livingston Ovarian Cancer Foundation is to promote awareness about the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer and raise money for research. In fact, the NLOCF has donated almost $1 million to the Department of Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Area residents can help the cause when the NLOCF hosts its Save the Os 5K fundraiser, which also features a one-mile fun run, Aug. 27 at Greystone Golf & Country Club in Hoover. 

5K registration will be from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m., with the race starting at 8 a.m. There will be a DJ and food beginning at 7 a.m. The one-mile fun run will start at 9:15 a.m. There will be awards, door prizes and the annual belly flop competition beginning at 9:30 a.m. 

Awards will include the top overall male and female in the 5K, with winners receiving $75 in cash, and the top males and females in several age groups. There will also be awards for teams — including the one that raises the most money — and for the fun run.

The registration fee for the 5K will be $30 through July 31 and $35 beginning Aug. 1. (For participants ages 14 and younger, the fee is reduced by $5.) The sleep-in option — where you can donate without the run — is $20.

Greystone Golf & Country Club is at 4100 Greystone Drive.

For more information, including registration fees for the fun run and times and locations for packet pickup, go to savetheos5k.com. 

For more information about the foundation, go to nlovca.org.