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The Bill Crews Remission Run is an event hosted by Remission Run, Inc., a 501(c)(3) government recognized charitable organization. It was established initially as a Limited Liability Corporation in August 2008 and in March 2009 was incorporated and received its 501(c)(3) status by November 2009.

The Bill Crews Remission Run began as a way to celebrate the five-year anniversary of the date that non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivor Bill Crews (The Woodlands, Texas) discovered his malignancy was in remission. His wife, Dana-Susan Crews, gathered a small group of running friends to host a small 5 kilometer footrace in her husband's honor with proceeds being donated to his lymphoma doctor's research fund.

The first race included a 5K and kids 1M/family walk. The City of Conroe, Texas donated use of its large park, Carl Barton, Jr. Park as the race venue. Approximately 340 people registered for the event which was held on January 31, 2009 and through race proceeds and donations, Remission Run, LLC donated $7,000 to the Fredrick B. Hagemeister Research Fund at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.

Remission Run expanded its efforts, sought larger sponsorships for the race, and hosted its second event on January 30, 2010. With 504 people registered for the event and donations made by some of these, they donated $14,000 to the research fund.

Each race has a theme to add to the energy and enthusiasm of the atmosphere. With a mission to raise awareness about lymphoma and other cancers and to promote health and fitness in families, race organizers (including Race Director Dana-Susan Crews) keep the focus on those in the cancer and running communities. Registered participants run or walk in honor or memory of cancer patients they love. Those names are printed on race shirts, posted along the course, displayed in the post race pavilion and read aloud at the start of the race.

With a goal of donating $100,000 to research, Remission Run continues to thrive. It is honored to even have several oncologists and their clinical staff run the race together with their families.

Remission Run, Inc.'s board of directors include: Dana-Susan Crews, president Rick Ames, vice president Lisa Henthorn, secretary Sarah Clark, tresurer