The Amgen Tour of California launches TODAY in San Francisco

It was a beautiful sunny day today in San Francisco for the launch of the Amgen Tour of California! The race consisted of individual time trials through the hilly streets of this city by the bay. Levi Leipheimer of the Discovery Team won today's trial with a time of 4:49:050 - an exciting finish and a great start to this week long-event.

The Wellness Community-National and our center in Walnut Creek teamed up to host a great booth for the thousands of visitors to the race. We handed out literature and lots of treats and had the chance to talk to many cancer survivors from the SF area and from around the country.

TWC booth at Lifestyle Event

We also had a chance to visit with Patrick Dempsey today and talk about the Breakaway From Cancer campaign. Please visit http://www.breakawayfromcancer.com/ to learn more about this exciting initiative and take a look at our great photos with Patrick. We are incredibly grateful to Patrick for his generous support of the Breakaway campaign and his strong commitment to the mission of The Wellness Community.

Kim, Patrick and Stacia

Michelle and Patrick

Vicki, Patrick, and Megan

Patrick and Ali

At the race finish today, TWC was honored to receive a $50,000 check from Union Bank to support our outreach to cancer patients in the state of California - thank you Union Bank!

$50,000 check from Union Bank

And finally, we ended the evening with legendary American cyclist, Greg LeMond and famed announcer, Phil Liggett at a fantastic event at the Cowell Theater in Fort Mason featuring a documentary of Greg's 1989 Tour de France victory with live commentary from Greg and Phil. The proceeds from all of the evening's ticket sales are benefiting TWC and NCCS. Thank you to Greg and Phil for a memorable and lively evening!