The annual M.O.M.’s Run 5k Run/Walk for Cancer raises funds for cancer research.

The annual M.O.M.’s Run 5k Run/Walk for Cancer will take place on Sunday, May 11 and could be a record breaker.

Last year’s race, which was dedicated in memory of Officer Sean Collier, had 600+ participants and raised over $21,000 for cancer research, putting the total raised in the 11 years of the event at over $85,000. This year’s event has the highest number of pre-registered participants in history and has the potential to break $100,000 for total dollars raised.

The Pilotte Family, organizers behind M.O.M.’s Run, has received an outpouring of support from local businesses in sponsorship and in-kind donations for the event’s post-race party and raffle. Sponsors like Harpoon, Redbones, Fleming Printing, and Nellie’s Wildflowers have supported the event since its first year. This year M.O.M.’s Run welcomes new supporters such as The Painted Burro, Whole Foods, Highland Kitchen, and many more.

M.O.M.’s Run began in 2003 after the matriarch of the Pilotte family, Mary Pilotte O’Brien, lost her brief battle to lung cancer in November of 2002. Each year since then, the race has taken place on Mother’s Day with all proceeds benefiting the Claudia Adams Barr Program with Dana Farber Cancer Research.

“We are very excited about the potential for this year’s race,” says co-race director and three-time Boston Marathon participant Micho Pilotte. “There is hardly a person in this world whose life hasn’t been touched by cancer in one way or another, and the support we have received from the Greater Boston community over the past 12 years has been absolutely amazing. I have every confidence that this year we will hit the $100,000 mark.”

The race starts and finishes at the George Dilboy VFW Post 529, 371 Summer St, Somerville, MA. Race registration is $30 day of and will open at 8 a.m. that morning. The 1/10th mile Kids Fun Run starts at 9:30 a.m., 5K Walk starts at 9:45 a.m., and 5K Run starts at 10:00 a.m.

For more information visit the M.O.M.’s Run website http://momsrun.org. Twitter: @MOMsRun Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/momsrun.