{"id":34380,"date":"2026-09-08T09:19:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=34380"},"modified":"2026-09-08T09:19:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:19:29","slug":"kisses-2-cancer-5k-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/09\/08\/kisses-2-cancer-5k-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Kisses 2 Cancer 5K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wilkes University Air Force ROTC Gold Bar Club invites the campus community to join the 5th Annual <span class=\"il\">Kisses<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">2<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Cancer 5K<\/span> on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 9 a.m., beginning at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts. This annual race honors the life and legacy of Major Candice Adams Ismirle, a Wilkes alumna and Air Force officer who passed away from triple-negative breast cancer in 2016. Proceeds from the event will benefit Relay for Life, the Valor Clinic Foundation, and leadership development programs for Wilkes Students. Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members are encouraged to participate by running, walking, or supporting the cause.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"nv-content-wrap entry-content\">\n<div class=\"nv-content-wrap entry-content\">\n<p>Registration details can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fsecure.touchnet.com%2fC21800_ustores%2fweb%2fproduct_detail.jsp%3fPRODUCTID%3d218%26SINGLESTORE%3dtrue&amp;c=E,1,aHJ04zvfxjbs3fIzrAmU2eoj6LR1ujvQHrQrg3KI_sSSojgwdooLNUuoqLMEN6_4kTEmAH8iW-ovy2QQacODKpXUCrwtXPky0C8JwbLL&amp;typo=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/secure.touchnet.com\/C21800_ustores\/web\/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=218&amp;SINGLESTORE=true<\/a>\u00a0in bio or by scanning the QR code on event fliers displayed throughout campus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wilkes University Air Force ROTC Gold Bar Club invites the campus community to join the 5th Annual Kisses\u00a02\u00a0Cancer 5K on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 9 a.m., beginning at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts. This annual race honors the life and legacy of Major Candice Adams Ismirle, a Wilkes alumna&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/09\/08\/kisses-2-cancer-5k-4\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kisses 2 Cancer 5K<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34425,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34380\/revisions\/34425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}