Heather's Fundraising Page

This April, I will take to the streets with hundreds of Dana-Farber runners 
to participate in the 129th Boston Marathon®. The Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team runs and raises funds with thousands of special people in mind.  I will be running for our family and friends who are in treatment, who are survivors, and for those we lost but carry in our hearts and miss every day.

In 2018, we lost my brother-in-law Jaime to leukemia after his initial battle with Myelodysplastic Syndrome.  He was only 48, a wonderful husband to Melissa and father of four spectacular kids - Ryan, Gavin, Maeve, and Michelle.  Jaime was my husband Michael's twin.  Although they were different in many ways (those who know them are smiling right now), there isn't anything they wouldn't do for each other.  When Michael found out he was a stem cell match for Jaime, we were so very hopeful that the transplant would cure him.  Despite Jaime's prognosis, he never complained.  He had so much to live for, and his strength and life well-lived is my inspiration to run and raise funds for cancer research.

 
One hundred percent of every dollar raised by the DFMC team supports the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. These funds are fueling some of today's most promising basic cancer research.
 
Thank you for your support! Together, we're headed toward the ultimate finish line: a world without cancer.