Organizers of the Head for the Cure 5K want to build on last year’s momentum when nearly 500 turned out for the inaugural Seattle Head for the Cure (HFTC) 5K Run & Walk. This year’s event will be conducted at 8 a.m. July 12 at Marymoor Park. To register, visit www.headforthecure.org.

The Head for the Cure Foundation has raised $5 million for brain cancer research since the first 5K was organized in 2003 in suburban Kansas City. More than $1.6 million was raised in 2014 with 15 5K events throughout the country. Again this year, the HFTC 5K has grown with 5Ks in 17 cities. New cities include New York City and Jackson, Mo.

The Head for the Cure Foundation was established to celebrate the life of Chris Anthony, who suffered from a glioblastoma brain tumor and died in February 2003 at age 37.

For the last nine years, the Brain Tumor Trials Collaborative (BTTC) has been the primary beneficiary of the Head for the Cure Foundation. The BTTC is a network of 24 medical centers (led by MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston) with the expertise and the desire to participate in state-of-the-art clinical trials investigating new treatments for malignant brain tumors. About 612,000 people in the U.S are living with the diagnosis of a primary brain (malignant or non-malignant) or central nervous system tumor. The National Brain Tumor Society estimates 190,000 men, women and children in the U.S. are diagnosed each year with a primary or metastasized brain tumor.