A short run and walk to fight colon cancer
Same-day registrations will not be timed.
august 18, 2024
in-person & VIRTUAL EVENT
The Boxer 500 in-person event returns to Werner Park with the 5K run/walk, 1 mile walk, 1K Kids Run, and Kids Dash!
Free colon cancer survivor registrations.
Live Event Registrations include:
2024 Boxer 500 T-Shirt, Unique Survivor T-Shirts
Finisher Medals
Pancake Feed
Kids Zone Fun!
All of the fun, community, support, and celebration offered at Boxer 500!
We can't wait to celebrate our survivors and honor those we've lost.
**T-shirts are only guaranteed to participants registered by July 30, 2024.
Packet Pickup
TBD
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska
1919 Aksarben Drive, Omaha NE
North building entrance.drive through, under the portico.
Sunday, August 13, 2023, 7:00am - 8:30am at Werner Park
Virtual Event:
Get the family, pets, strollers, anything you want out, for this virtual run/walk event!
The Virtual Boxer 500 will be held the weekend of August 17-18, 2024. Pick a day, pick your distance, and enjoy the run/walk with your family!
Virtual Registrations include:
Boxer 500 T-Shirt, Unique Survivor T-Shirts
Finisher Medals
**T-shirts are only guaranteed to participants registered by July 30, 2024.
day of schedule:
7:00-8:00 am - Packet Pick-up & Day of Registration
8:15 am – Survivor Photo near Rolanda the Inflatable Colon
8:25 am – Kids' Dash
8:30 am – 1K Kids' Run
8:40 am – Welcome
8:45 am – 5K Run/Walk Start
9:00 am – 1M Walk Start
10:00 am – Awards Ceremony
thank you to our gold & silver sponsors:
Bronze Sponsor: Scheels
Photos from the Boxer 500
Proceeds from the Boxer 500 stay in Nebraska! Funds are used to support the task force mission of increasing the number of lives saved from colon cancer through education, early detection, and prevention.
In 2021 the task force wrote a letter of support resulting in a grant led by the Nebraska Cancer Coalition. The grant kick started a collaboration with the national group Fight CRC (Fight Colorectal Cancer) to develop a plan to approach the Nebraska State Legislature to change the minimum screening age for colon cancers to 45 as supported by the American Cancer Society and United States Preventative Services Task Force. The team is also working to eliminate cost-sharing for patients who need to have a colonoscopy following a positive home-screening.
During 2022 the Great Plains Colon Cancer Task Force, in collaboration with CHI, Methodist Health System, Nebraska Medicine and numerous community pharmacies and volunteers distributed over 800 colon cancer screening kits.
The March 2022 Colon Cancer Awareness Campaign had statewide reach and many notable landmarks were lit in Blue including:
Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge (Omaha), University of Nebraska Medical Center Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center (Omaha), University of Nebraska Medical Center Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis, Global Center (Omaha), Midtown Crossing Billboard (Omaha), Papillion Pedestrian Bridge (Papillion), PayPal, Inc. (La Vista), Gastroenterology Specialties, P.C. (Lincoln), CHI Health St. Francis (Grand Island)