Brooks Running Donates Running Shoes to National Cancer Center

Song Joobaek, Team Leader of Brooks Running (fourth from the left in the photo), and Lee Chan-hwa, Deputy Director of Clinical Services at the National Cancer Center, along with other officials, are posing for a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Reporter Yujin Cho] Brooks Running, the running brand under Samsung C&T Fashion Division, announced on the 30th that it donated the 'Launch 7', created in collaboration with the U.S. rare cancer support organization Brave Like Gabe, to the National Cancer Center on the 29th.

Brave Like Gabe is a rare cancer research support organization established one year before Gabe Grunewald, who passed away from cancer in June last year, died. Gabe, an athlete supported by Brooks Running, battled two rare cancers and thyroid cancer over 10 years while continuing to compete as a runner, spreading the hopeful message of life, "Running on Hope," worldwide.

Based on the hopeful message of life emphasized by Gabe, Brooks Running collaborated with the rare cancer support organization Brave Like Gabe to release the Launch 7 Limited Edition product. It was designed with the typographic slogan "Running on Hope" and Gabe's trademark colors, blue and white.

Samsung C&T Fashion Division, which oversees Brooks Running's domestic business, honored Gabe's legacy by donating about 200 pairs of Launch 7 running shoes to the National Cancer Center. These running shoes are planned to be delivered to the medical staff at the National Cancer Center.

At the donation ceremony, Song Ju-baek, team leader of Brooks Running at Samsung C&T Fashion Division, said, "Brooks Running, a U.S. running brand with over 100 years of history, organized this event to reflect on the hope and courage shown by Gabe," adding, "We hope the Launch 7 will serve as a token of gratitude and encouragement to the medical staff fighting at the National Cancer Center."

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