While I'm making my own personal strides as I train, we as a team are making HUGE strides in fundraising for blood cancer research and patient services to support patients right here in the bay area. Our team has raised nearly $225K SO FAR! We have several honorees running along side us - several in remission and one is currently in treatment. While we cheer for the amounts raised, the innovative treaments we fund at Stanford, and families we help support financially - not all stories have happy ending. A 2006 team mate is losing her battle as cancer takes over her body - she's 26 and has a young child. An honoree from the peninsula run team who was in remission for 8 years, lost his fight a week ago. Many team mates are here running in honor of loved ones lost or fighting the fight. Kinda puts it all into perspective. Time to kick cancer's butt and not the other way around.
Making Strides
While I'm making my own personal strides as I train, we as a team are making HUGE strides in fundraising for blood cancer research and patient services to support patients right here in the bay area. Our team has raised nearly $225K SO FAR! We have several honorees running along side us - several in remission and one is currently in treatment. While we cheer for the amounts raised, the innovative treaments we fund at Stanford, and families we help support financially - not all stories have happy ending. A 2006 team mate is losing her battle as cancer takes over her body - she's 26 and has a young child. An honoree from the peninsula run team who was in remission for 8 years, lost his fight a week ago. Many team mates are here running in honor of loved ones lost or fighting the fight. Kinda puts it all into perspective. Time to kick cancer's butt and not the other way around.
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