{"id":123013,"date":"2026-02-25T12:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/123013\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:17:07","slug":"michelle-wrights-years-covering-race-for-the-cure-project-bundle-up-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/123013\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Wright\u2019s years covering Race for the Cure &#038; Project Bundle-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Supporting Pittsburgh: Michelle Wright\u2019s years covering Race for the Cure &amp; Project Bundle-Up<\/p>\n<p>Wright has covered both events for many years<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA LOOK BACK HERE AS OUR MIKE CLARK, THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE LINING UP TO THE START LINE, WHAT, TWO MINUTES AWAY FROM THE START? FOR THREE DECADES, MICHELLE WRIGHT HAS SERVED AS THE EMCEE FOR THE RACE FOR THE CURE, AN ANNUAL RUN TO HELP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER, TURNING IT INTO A FAMILY AFFAIR THAT SHE, JANELLE HALL AND I AND OUR FRIENDS WOULDN\u2019T MISS. MICHELLE HAS BROUGHT SO MUCH JOY TO THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF RUNNERS, SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND THAT\u2019S NOT THE ONLY ANNUAL EVENT THAT HAS FEATURED MICHELLE. IT\u2019S NOT GOING TO BE WARM ALL WINTER, AND WE NEED YOUR HELP TO KEEP PEOPLE WARM THIS WINTER. MICHELLE HAS BEEN THERE EVERY DECEMBER FOR WTAE ANNUAL PROJECT BUNDLE-UP TELETHON. YOU CAN MAKE A GENEROUS DONATION TO HELP US GET NEW COATS AND HATS AND BOOTS AND GLOVES FOR CHILDREN AND SENIOR CITIZENS FACING THE COLD WINTER MONTHS NEXT YEAR. SHE ALSO TOOK PART IN SO MANY SHOPPING TRIPS, HELPING TO GET WARM WINTER OUTERWEAR FOR CHILDREN AND SENIORS. I LIKE THIS COLOR. BLUE IS PRETTY ALL RIGHT. WELL, THIS IS GOING TO BE SO WARM. MICHELLE WRIGHT BEING AMONG THE MANY CARRYING ON THE LEGACY OF THE LATE JOE DENARDO, WHO FOUNDED PROJECT BUNDLE UP. MIKE CLARK, PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR. SUCH GREAT MEMORIES AND SUCH GREAT PEOPLE. A PART OF ALL OF THOSE EVENTS, AND IT REALLY IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE THERE AND AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT. BUT REALLY, IT\u2019S CHANNEL FOR US WHO SPONSORS THAT AND REACHES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND MAKES THAT ALL POSSIBLE. SO I\u2019M JUST HONORED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO ALL THAT. YOU\u2019VE BEEN SUCH A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THOSE EVENTS, AND WE\u2019LL MISS YOU BEING A PART OF IT. I MEAN, YOU WERE YOU WERE PART OF THAT HEARTBEAT OF MAKING THOSE EVENTS WHAT THEY ARE. IT\u2019S INCREDIBLE. PITTSBURGHERS ALSO HELPING AND REACHING OUT. AND ALL OF YOUR DONATIONS FOR PROJECT BUNDLE UP WERE JUST INCREDIBLE. HELPING NEIGHBORS IN NEED AND THE RACE FOR THE CURE. MY GOODNESS, SO MANY PEOPLE WOULD COME OUT EVERY MOTHER\u2019S DAY FOR THAT. MICHELLE. SO GOOD SEEING ALL THAT VIDEO OF YOU. IT\u2019S SO COOL. YOU SAID EARLIER THIS WEEK NOT MANY CAREERS. DO YOU HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF THREE DECADES OF YOUR LIFE LIKE THAT? IT\u2019S BEEN SURREAL. LOOKING BACK, SOME OF THE VIDEOS THAT WE\u2019RE FINDING, I NEVER HAVE SEEN EVER, THEY\u2019VE BEEN HIDDEN AWAY, YOU KNOW, RECORDED ON THOSE OLD FASHIONED TAPES, THE GIANT TAPES WE USED TO HAVE HERE. AND WE DIDN\u2019T HAVE THE MACHINES\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Supporting Pittsburgh: Michelle Wright\u2019s years covering Race for the Cure &amp; Project Bundle-Up<\/p>\n<p>Wright has covered both events for many years<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769019068_844_wtae.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WTAE logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 6:50 AM EST Feb 25, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEvery year for the past many years in Pittsburgh, there were two signature events where you could expect to see Pittsburgh\u2019s Action News 4 anchor Michelle Wright taking part.May\u2019s Komen Pittsburgh Race For The Cure, for which Wright is a longtime emcee, and WTAE\u2019s Project Bundle-Up Telethon in December.At the Race for the Cure, Wright was often joined by her co-anchors, including Janelle Hall and Mike Clark, as they brought joy to thousands upon thousands of runners, survivors and their families.Project Bundle-Up is WTAE and The Salvation Army\u2019s annual effort to provide warm winter outerwear for children and seniors in need.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tPITTSBURGH \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Every year for the past many years in Pittsburgh, there were two signature events where you could expect to see Pittsburgh\u2019s Action News 4 anchor Michelle Wright taking part.<\/p>\n<p>May\u2019s Komen Pittsburgh Race For The Cure, for which Wright is a longtime emcee, and WTAE\u2019s Project Bundle-Up Telethon in December.<\/p>\n<p>At the Race for the Cure, Wright was often joined by her co-anchors, including Janelle Hall and Mike Clark, as they brought joy to thousands upon thousands of runners, survivors and their families.<\/p>\n<p>Project Bundle-Up is WTAE and The Salvation Army\u2019s annual effort to provide warm winter outerwear for children and seniors in need. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Supporting Pittsburgh: Michelle Wright\u2019s years covering Race for the Cure &amp; Project Bundle-Up Wright has covered both events&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5855,57825,2647,17728,32920,6016,73,75,74,57824,4527,18868,12269,7213,57826,10254,78],"class_list":{"0":"post-123013","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-child","9":"tag-cure","10":"tag-joy","11":"tag-may","12":"tag-michelle-wright","13":"tag-part","14":"tag-pittsburgh","15":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","16":"tag-pittsburgh-news","17":"tag-project-bundle-up","18":"tag-race","19":"tag-runner","20":"tag-survivor","21":"tag-thousand","22":"tag-warm-winter-outerwear","23":"tag-wtae","24":"tag-year"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}