Record proceeds for cancer research

The TCS Amsterdam Marathon has joined forces with KWF Dutch Cancer Society this year to raise as much money as possible for ground-breaking cancer research at the Amsterdam UMC Cancer Center. Participants could not only make a voluntary contribution during their registration, but through the Ren tegen kanker platform, it was also possible to create their own action page. Through this initiative, no less than 600 runners came into action today.

Thanks to all donations and title sponsor TCS, a record amount of money was raised today for research at the Cancer Center Amsterdam. Annemarieke Gottmer and Peter Neuhuis of KWF and Geert Kazemier of Cancer Center Amsterdam received a cheque of no less than € 662,000 during the International Award Ceremony. The cheque was presented by René Wit, race director of the TCS Amsterdam Marathon and Ashish Babu, CMO of TCS Europe and UK.

KWF director Carla van Gils: “It is fantastic that running against cancer is possible again, and what a great performance by the 600 Run Against Cancer participants! With their amazing efforts, they really make a difference to cancer research at the Amsterdam UMC Cancer Center. We are very grateful to all the participants and the organisation”.