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2023 Jimmy Fund Walk with Team IBC!
2023 Jimmy Fund Walk with Team IBC!

WHY I'M FUNDRAISING WITH THE JIMMY FUND WALK TO DEFY IBC!

I am walking in the 2023 Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk as part of Dana Farber’s Team IBC because the Inflammatory Breast Cancer Team at Dana Farber saved my life. I was diagnosed with Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) in April of 2019 and sought treatment at Dana Farber, home to one of the few dedicated IBC research and treatment centers in the world. I quickly started treatment – chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation over 19 long months.

I am walking because 100% of the money Team IBC and I raise goes directly to Dana Farber’s Inflammatory Breast Cancer Program. The program provides dedicated IBC research and incredibly compassionate IBC care. This research and patient care directly benefited me and will continue to benefit me and all the patients that come after me for years to come.

I am walking because the team at Dana Farber is working on multiple research projects and clinical trials that will benefit both current and future patients at Dana Farber and throughout the world. IBC is a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer accounting for only about 3% of all breast cancer cases, but over 10% of breast cancer related deaths. Because the patient population is so small, funding for IBC related research is extremely limited. Of the over 35,000 breast cancer related studies completed in the last 20 years, only 112 of those, or approximately 0.32%, were dedicated to IBC research.

I am walking because my team at Dana Farber has taken amazing care of me over the last four years. Thanks to their care, I have returned to most of my normal activities, including my passions of scuba diving and underwater photography.

I am walking because despite the improvements to cancer care over the years and especially with IBC, survivorship is still shorter for some of us than it is for others. My hope is that research funded through the Jimmy Fund Walk will help make survivorship last a little bit longer and get a little bit easier for all of us.

Thank you for supporting my Jimmy Fund Walk fundraising efforts. Together, we can defy IBC!

PROGRESS TO GOAL

Raised:$11,404.75
Goal:$10,000
Stephanie Lafontaine's Team: Team IBC
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THANK YOU TO MY DONORS

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AMOUNT
Fundraising Honor Roll
2023 Calendars!
$825
Abigai Day
$103
Adam Trumbour
Alexis H Griffin
$103
Alice McNulty
$100
Amy Miller
Anonymous
Ben McLaughlin / FES
$257
Bethany Ahern
Bob & Linda Price
Bob and Linda Price
Bob Persechini
$103
Brian shattuck
$25
Bruce Luchenr
Caroline Fitzgerald and Pedro Sifre
$309
Darcy Carbone
Darcy Carbone
Erin Quigley
Evelyn Rudek
Jennifer and Jon Perry
$51
Joel & Jen Penner
$200
Karen Bowes
$50
Karen Lacroix
$30
karen lacroix
$30
Karon & Dick Bergeron
$41
Katie Moody
$103
Keith Kelly
Kim DiGiovanni
$50
Kimberly DeYoung
Kimberly DeYoung
$51
Kristin Boggio
$250
Laura DePalma
$300
Laura J DePalma
$500
Laurie Kozak
$100
Leo Lafontaine
$100
Louise D'Amour
$50
Mark and Cheri
$150
Mark Persechini
Marteyne
$300
MB McG & Family
$51
Michael Carr
$103
Michele & Brandon Perry
$25
Mike & Linda Sponholtz
$100
Miss Michelle DeYoung
$75
Mom
$159
Mr. Greg Furst
$268
Mr. Steve Johnson
$100
Mrs. Alla Katsnelson
$100
Mrs. Karen Jager
Mrs. Krista Krupa
$30
Mrs. Sandy Miller
$51
Mrs. Sharon Rohlfs
$250
Mrs. Stephanie Wallwork
$103
Ms. Alice Lafontaine
$50
Ms. Elizabeth Denn
$50
Ms. Joan Fortier
$51
Ms. Lois Waters
Ms. Stephanie Lafontaine
$265
Nancy Medeiros
$50
Nicole Quinn and family
$30
Pfizer for Kristin Boggio
RMF Engineering
Robert A. Quitadamo
$100
Sally B Curran
$50
Sandra Wright
$30
Sandra Wright
$30
Sarah Maston
Shawn Langan
$103
Shirley Ralls
$30
Thomas Rohlfs
Tom Lynch
$51
William Garvey
$412
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