Get Your Rear in Gear events are held across the country in an effort to raise awareness of the importance of colon cancer screenings. The money raised at these events empowers local community leaders to promote prevention and early detection of the disease and to provide support to those affected.
Info from Get Your Rear in Gear:
DATE: Saturday, March 8, 2025
LOCATION:
Trinity Park, Pavilion #1
2201 West 7th Street,
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Registration Fee:
**Colorectal cancer patients and survivors register for Free**
Early Bird Fees: through Feb 7
Adult: $30
Youth (18 and under): $15
Kid’s Fun Run (10 and under): $15
Virtual Participant: $25
Regular Fees: Fed 8 – Race day
Adult: $40
Youth (18 and under): $20
Kid’s Fun Run (10 and under): $20
Virtual Participant: $25
Online Registration Closes 10:00 PM Central on Tuesday, March 4th
The way I learned that I had cancer was because on Christmas day, we had supper, and after that, I couldn’t eat. I couldn’t go to the restroom.
On the 27th, I felt really bad. I told my wife, take me to the hospital. And when I got admitted there, I thought it was my stomach.
The doctor comes out, and my wife is there with me, and he came out and said, “Mr. Soto, the masses we found are malignant. You’re stage four cancer. It’s metastasized. It went from your colon to your liver and now it’s in your lungs, and you got six months to live.” He just bluntly said it like that.
Not being able to drive, not having that independence, it’s very difficult. Through everything I’ve been through, I actually have valued my wife. When I first got diagnosed, people told her, quit your job. You know, give him a hundred percent of your time.
She’s like, I can’t. Maybe family members or friends can come help me, but I need to maintain my income – this income that helps us.
Also, the hardest part for me, I think looking back, was when she’d go – when she’d go buy groceries I was always the one that took the bags. I was the one that went with her and never let her carry anything. Not because she couldn’t, but that was me.
This was why to see her struggling with the bags, and I couldn’t even help her; that was hard for me. To see her clean the house, and I couldn’t even get up to help her. To see her cook, and I couldn’t even get up that I was shaking so much. I was so cold. And to see them look at me like, ah, he might be gone. I was fighting inside going, this is not it. I’m not leaving like this.
It changes everything. Your perspective, your ego, you become more humble. You become more sensitive to other people.
Before I got cancer, I never knew who Cancer Care was. It was not just paying for my medications, but it was more about embracing you and saying,” Hey, you’re not alone. I’m not just here to provide services. We’re here to tell you if you need anything, we’re here for you.” I can actually say that when I most needed it, that’s when you all were there.
But it got to the point where I started feeling much better where I could now cook for myself. The neuropathy became less. The church people would come and bring us food. When I started feeling that instead of taking advantage of the services, somebody else might need it more than I do.
And when I would go to oncology, and I knew these people didn’t even have to pay for their colostomy bags, and they didn’t have the resources. They didn’t have any family; they didn’t have a church family or anything. I thought, nah, I can’t be selfish. I gotta let go of what has been good for me, but now somebody else might benefit more, so I would tell them about Cancer Care.
That made me feel bad, but now I was giving back somehow. That is my goal before I leave, and I could be here six months, I could be here a year, I could be here 10 years, but till my last breath, I will always be there to help somebody.
You all were the ones that made me realize you can’t be prideful. You cannot just be a giver. You sometimes gotta receive because the Bible says it’s better to give than to receive, but there’s times you’re gonna have to. And that humbled me. It really did.
Once I’m okay, maybe I could pay it back. That’s why I’m doing this video. This is my way of payback because I want everybody to know that they’re not alone.
Get Your Rear in Gear events are held across the country in an effort to raise awareness of the importance of colon cancer screenings. The money raised at these events empowers local community leaders to promote prevention and early detection of the disease and to provide support to those affected.
Info from Get Your Rear in Gear:
DATE: Saturday, March 23, 2024
LOCATION:
Trinity Park, Pavilion #1
2201 West 7th Street,
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Registration Fee:
**Colorectal cancer patients and survivors register for Free** Early Bird Fees:
Through February 22, 2024
Adult: $35
Youth (18 and under): $20
Kid’s Fun Run (10 and under): $15
Virtual Participant: $25
Regular Fees:
February 23 – Event Day
Adult: $45
Youth (18 and under): $25
Kid’s Fun Run (10 and under): $20
Virtual Participant: $25
National Colon Cancer Awareness Month promotes the importance of colorectal cancer screenings and lifestyle habits to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer.
The American Cancer Society found that “when excluding skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the United States.” While colorectal cancer is a common cancer diagnosis in the United States, the death rate for colon and rectal cancer has dropped over the past few decades.
Screenings often find colorectal polyps or growths before they develop into cancer, which is why consistent preventative screenings are so important! Colon and rectal cancer treatments have also seen improvement over the past decades.
Cancer Care Services Partners with Get Your Rear in Gear-Fort Worth/ Colon Cancer Coalition
The Colon Cancer Coalition raises awareness, education, and funding for local nonprofits through their yearly “Get Your Rear in Gear” runs. Over the past six years, Get Your Rear in Gear-Fort Worth and the Colon Cancer Coalition have raised over $78,000 to support Cancer Care’s programs for those impacted by cancer!
When is Fort Worth’s next Get Your Rear in Gear run?
Get Your Rear in Gear-Fort Worth’s next run is March 19th, 2023!Online registration for participants closes on March 15th. If you want to volunteer, you can sign up online for race day volunteer shifts.
Cancer Care Services will be cheering on the racers and spreading awareness about our free cancer support services! We hope to see you there!
Get Your Rear in Gear events are held across the country in an effort to raise awareness of the importance of colon cancer screenings. The money raised at these events empower local community leaders to promote prevention and early detection of the disease and to provide support to those affected.
Info from Get Your Rear in Gear:
DATE: Sunday, March 19, 2023
LOCATION: Trinity Park, 2401 University Drive, Fort Worth, TX, 76107
Registration Fee:
**Colorectal cancer patients and survivors register for Free** Early Bird Fees:
Through February 19
Adult: $30
Youth (18 and under): $18
Kid’s Fun Run (10 and under): $18
Virtual Participant: $25
Regular Fees:
February 19 – Event Day
Adult: $35
Youth (18 and under): $20
Kid’s Fun Run (10 and under): $20
Virtual Participant: $25
Get Your Rear in Gear events are held across the country in an effort to raise awareness of the importance of colon cancer screenings. The money raised at these events empower local community leaders to promote prevention and early detection of the disease and to provide support to those affected.
Info from Get Your Rear in Gear:
DATE: Sunday, March 20, 2022
LOCATION: Trinity Park, Pavilion #1 / Shelter House
Registration Fee:
**Colorectal cancer patients and survivors register for Free** Adult: $28 Youth (12 and under): $18 Kids’ Fun Run (10 and under): $18 Virtual Participant: $20
Race Day Adult: $35 Youth (12 and under): $20 Kids’ Fun Run (10 and under): $20
Please note: fees are non-refundable and race bibs are non-transferable. Only participants who pre-register up to 3 weeks before the race are guaranteed a race shirt. Race shirts for day of registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
