TEAM DARBY - In memory of Darby Stott...

Those of you who knew Darby Stott, knew that she was one of a kind.  Some learned this to be true when she convinced her colleagues at her prestigious financial services firm that they all needed a theme song -- and then made sure that it got  played loudly in their honor whenever key benchmarks were achieved (hers was Firework by Katy Perry -- so fitting....).  Others came to this realization upon learning that the woman who never met a spreadsheet she didn't love also quite enjoyed launching potatoes out of a homemade rocket.  Still others understood this fact when witnessing her unabashedly demanding that broadcasting legend Sam Donaldson find another place to sit whenever she found him borrowing her desk in the White House press office.

​But what really made Darby stand out from the crowd was the determination that she had to turn her metastatic cancer diagnosis into a mission to raise money for research to cure it. She knew that there was no chance that the money she raised would help her, but she wanted to make sure that there were more treatment options in the future for people like her with metastatic disease.  She wanted to make sure that others had the hope for a cure that she was denied.

Team Darby was formed to carry on Darby's fight -- and we are making progress.  So far, Team Darby has raised more than $809,000 for cancer research.  But we know it will take far more than that.  So we will continue to join with the Jimmy Fund each year and walk until we don't have to anymore.  

Whether you knew Darby personally, heard her speak at the Boston Marathon pasta dinner or simply share her passion for finding a cure for cancer, we invite you to join Team Darby as a walker, virtual walker or donor.  

Thank you for supporting Team Darby in the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk. Together, we can conquer cancer!