Hermes Sports & Events is pleased to welcome The Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute as the official charity of the 2008 Cleveland Clinic Sports Health River Run.

About Lerner Research Institute
Lerner is among the top 10 recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health among research institutes or independent hospitals. Lerner employs more than 1,100 scientists, faculty, postdoctoral fellows, students, technologists and support staff all working towards one goal - finding diagnoses, treatments and preventative strategies for some of humankind's most devastating diseases. For more information regarding the Lerner Research Institute, log onto www.lerner.ccf.org.

Researcher at Lerner Research Institute focuses around:

• Cardiovascular diseases, including atherosclerosis, abnormal heart rhythms, heart attack and stroke
• Cancers, of all types, particularly tumors of the brain, breast, lung, colon, prostate and kidneys, leukemia, lymphoma, skin cancer and multiple myeloma
• Musculoskeletal diseases, including arthritis, osteoporosis and degenerative spine disease
• Neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease
• Eye diseases such as glaucoma and macular degeneration
• Metabolic diseases such as diabetes
• Allergic and immunologic conditions such as asthma, inflammatory bowl syndrome and organ transplant
• Chairman Innovation Fund

Help Support Lerner Research Institute
Hermes Sports & Events will donate $1 of each entry fee to the Lerner Research Institute.

Get your friends and family involved by collecting pledges! You can direct your pledges to one of the areas listed above or make a general donation to Lerner. A printable pledge form is available or you can set up a personalized pledge page online! With your online pledge page, you'll be able to email your family and friends directly to ask for their support. Click here to set up your online pledge page.

For more information or questions, contact Hermes Sports & Events at (216) 623-9933 or roadracing@hermescleveland.com