June 11, 2008

Embassy Team Races for the Cure 

Team Hungary: Viktor Szederkényi, Adél Keleti, Gábor Szederkényi, Gábor Szabó, Edit Pápai, Géza Németh, Márta Németh, Dávid Szederkényi, Erika Kolláth, György Ócsai, Bence Somogyi, Ambassador Ferenc Somogyi, Balázs Somogyi, Mrs. Andrea Bors Somogyi, Zoltán Fehér

The Susan B. Komen Foundation organized the National Race for the Cure for the nineteenth time on June 7, 2008 to raise awareness about breast cancer and to help facilitate finding a cure. The team of the Embassy of Hungary, led by Ambassador Ferenc Somogyi, participated at the race. This was the fourth time the Hungarian Embassy nominated a team for the Race.
 

Ambassador Somogyi and his family with the founder of the Race, Nancy G. Brinker

Mrs. Andrea Bors Somogyi, Balázs and Bence Somogyi, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Ambassador Ferenc Somogyi, Press Attaché Zoltán Fehér

The Ambassador's family with DC Mayor Adrian Fenty

Ambassador and Mrs. Somogyi talked to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, DC Mayor Adrian Fenty and the Race’s founder, U.S. Chief of Protocol Nancy G. Brinker, during the Pre-Race Rally at the National Mall.
 

Team Hungary racing for the cure

The members of the Embassy team were: Ambassador Ferenc Somogyi, Mrs. Andrea Bors Somogyi and their sons, Balázs and Bence; Deputy Chief of Mission Viktor Szederkényi, his wife Adél Keleti, and their sons, Dávid and Gábor; Economic Counselors Edit Pápai and Gábor Szabó; Press and Media Attaché Zoltán Fehér (team captain); Director of Finances Erika Kolláth; Assistant to the Ambassador Márta Németh and her husband Géza Németh; and Chef György Ócsai.
 

The Embassy team at the finish line

Bence and Balázs Somogyi took part at the Kids for the Cure winning prizes