Maureen's Fundraising Page

Defy cancer with the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge!
Defy cancer with the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge!

WHY I’M FUNDRAISING WITH THE DANA-FARBER MARATHON CHALLENGE TO DEFY CANCER

In 2024, I will run the Boston Marathon for the 3rd time. It will also be the 3rd time that I run the Boston Marathon for Dana-Farber.

If you know me, you’re not surprised that my biggest reason for running again is my mom. When I first ran in 2015, she was a 20+ year breast cancer survivor. When I ran in 2022, she had been successfully fighting metastatic breast cancer for 4.5 years. And when I run in 2024, it will be in her memory after she lost her fight with cancer on March 1, 2023. My mom was my best friend and while I always will wish I could’ve had many more years with her, I am so grateful for the 5.5 years that I had with her after her metastatic diagnosis, which was made possible by immunotherapy treatment that she received through a clinical trial. I run so that as many people as possible can find treatments that work for them and so that one day, no one will have to live through the heartbreaking experience of watching a loved one die from cancer.

I also run for many other friends and family members who have battled cancer – some who have won and others who have lost, including my Aunt Denise (who was treated at Dana-Farber) and my Grandma.

The progress that has been made in cancer research since the early 1990s when my mom first fought cancer has been absolutely incredible. And that is due in part to the work of the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research at Dana-Farber. One hundred percent of every dollar that I raise will support the Barr Program. While my mom didn’t receive treatment at Dana-Farber, I know that the innovative basic cancer research that the Barr Program conducts powers things like the trial that my mom was able to benefit from and is enabling huge strides to the ultimate finish line of a world without cancer.

In 2015, I raised $8,000. In 2022, I raised over $14,000. This year, I’m setting a goal of $15,531 - in honor of the 5.5 years that my mom fought her battle.

Thank you for your support!

PROGRESS TO GOAL

Raised:$18,563.02
Goal:$20,031
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THANK YOU TO MY DONORS

NAME
AMOUNT
Fundraising Honor Roll
Adam Branham
Adele Wu
Al Dea
Alex Hirs
$50
Alexa Geraniotis
$30
Alison Lawler
Allyn ann Campbell
$51
Amanda Reynolds
amanda waisnor
Amy Blenk
$26
Andrew Noble
Annie McNerney and Adam Rousmaniere
Anonymous
Anonymous
$206
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
$50
Anonymous
$20
Ashley Walsh
$103
Aunt Chris
Barbara catterall
$50
Becca Shaw
$25
Ben Wells
$148
Billy & Michelle Genco
$100
Bridget Coburn
Caitlin MacDonald
$103
CAROLINE WILKINSON
Christina Tufaro
Claire Lefevre
$103
Connie & Van
$155
Connor McLane
Dad
Danny Pinkney
Denise Desautels
Denise Desautels
$500
DFMC Giving Day Contest Winner
$500
Diane Burgess
Dianne Sydorko
$26
Doris Mbabu
Edmund Rucci
Ellen
Ellen D'Amato
Emma Mahoney Cox
$103
Erin Higgins
Erin Jefferson
$100
Erin Ney
Erin Wolf
$100
Evan Fitzmaurice
Geoff Hansen
$56
Gerard du Toit
Grace Liu Happ
Gracie Goldberg
$51
Haley Bruns
Hannah Morrill
$150
Hollis Nymark
Honoring all cancer survivors and remembering those we lost
Ian Gilmore
$250
In Memory of Ann Keegan
In support of Maureen
$50
J. Baldwin
$206
Jack Benazzo
Jade McLaughlin
Jake Eichengreen
Jen Ford
$25
Jen Grogan
$103
Jess Fogarty
$50
Jess Fogarty
Jessica Sharbaugh
Jim
$50
Jim & Sonya Jacob
$100
Joe Cunningham
$103
Joey DeRosa
John Roberts
$250
John Wiber
Joseph Bertone
$25
Justin Edmondson
$50
Justine Pomerance
Kaitlyn
$131
Karen English
$25
Katherine Leigh Bates
Kelsey Young
$50
Kerry Marshall
$100
L, S, A
$206
Laura Fernandes
$103
Lauren Elson
$100
Leah Chernoff
Leah Forman
$74
Leah Keller
$100
Lesley Murphy
$257
Lilly Xie
$200
Lily George
$100
Lisa Koetter
$100
Madeline Dubner
Maggie MacIntyre
Meaghan English
Megan Wolf
$154
Meghan McNichol
Meghan Wheeler
$30
Mfundo Radebe
Michelle Roth
$25
Mr. Gregory Picklesimer
$51
Mr. Joe Ciborowski
$100
Mr. Philip van der Made
Mr. Ryan F McCaffrey
$103
Mrs. Emily Lane
Ms. Becca Shaw
$51
Ms. Caroline Trezza
Ms. Ginny Caporaso
$50
Ms. Jenny Zhou
Ms. Maureen Keegan
$281
P.A. in support of Maureen Keegan
$103
Paige Nossek
$77
Paris & Bryan Adkison
Patrice Keegan
Patty Yanes
Prasad Sulur
$200
Price Hall
$154
Roland Rizzi
$103
Sarah Hershey
Sarah Salzman
Shweta Bhardwaj
$250
Skip and Linda Shaw
$103
Stephanie Slate
$25
Susan Caraviello
The Powers Family
The Shipleys
$51
The Waisnors
Theresa Sullivan
$100
Thienan Dang
$103
Tommy Littlehale
Trevor Miller
$131
Uncle Brian & Carolyn
Uncle Terry & Aunt Lucille
Yousaf Sajid
$20
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