Tenth Annual Komen Twin Cities RACE FOR THE CURE . Mother's Day - Sunday, May 12th, 2002 . Komen Twin Cities Race for the Cure The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation was established in 1982 by Nancy Brinker to honor the memory of her sister, Susan Komen, who died from breast cancer at the age of 36. The Foundation is one of the nation's largest private sources of funding of research ...