Dear Sisters,

After moving to Boston, I promised to continue challenging myself and this year has brought upon a lot of change including starting a new job, and more recently becoming a chapter advisor of the Alpha Tau chapter of the University of New Hampshire.

I'm about to embark on the biggest challenge of my life: completing the Boston Marathon. But my personal quest, no matter how difficult it will be for me, pales in comparison to the challenge facing cancer patients. By participating in the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge (DFMC), I'm supporting Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's goal to find better therapies and, ultimately, cures for cancer.

DFMC directs 100% of the funds it raises to the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research at Dana-Farber, which fosters scientific breakthroughs by advancing the work of gifted researchers in a variety of basic research disciplines. These funds enable scientists at the leading edge of discovery to achieve better cure rates and to enhance patients' quality of life.

I hope you will support my challenge by giving a gift to my run and, in doing so, help Dana-Farber reach the ultimate finish line:  a world without cancer.

Your kind support and words of encouragement will be the "wind beneath my wings." Thank you.

To donate online, please visit my page : 

http://www.rundfmc.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=484862&lis=0&kntae484862=3A3331CB87894CFD8F18417402869979

or 

-go to rundfmc.com 

-click "support a runner"

-type in my name

With great appreciation and many inspired miles to go!