Category Why I Run for Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund

Daughter training for the Boston Marathon® to honor her dad

March 10, 2022

Since 2020, Colleen Stravin has been ready to take on the Boston Marathon®. She signed up for the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge (DFMC) team to run her first marathon in that year and completed her fundraising and training goals before the…

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Young mom runs for Dana-Farber, inspired by her own cancer journey

March 4, 2022

May 2020 changed Erin Burke’s life forever. She was a 30-year-old woman in great health and eagerly awaiting the arrival of her first child in two short months. The news of her stage III, high-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC), a rare…

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Runner, sister gives back to Dana-Farber through B.A.A. 5K

December 21, 2021

Jenny Thurber grew up with a dedication to giving back, and as she got older and more people in her life were diagnosed with cancer, her volunteering and philanthropy efforts focused more and more on cancer research and care. But…

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Team Beans defies cancer for Francesca

October 1, 2021

When Andrew Kaczynski and Rachel Ensign returned to Boston for the first time since their daughter, Francesca, passed away from an infant brain tumor, they arrived at Fenway Park on a personal mission to defy cancer. “Being back here, I…

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Why TJ Gardner runs for Annie

February 25, 2021

Annie Mac Evans, my incredible cousin, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) on February 10, 2016. She was only 25 years old. She was immediately referred to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and on February 11, she had her first appointment…

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Dr. Barrett Rollins speaking at the 2019 DFMC Check Presentation

‘Crossing the finish line’ in the lab and in the Boston Marathon®

January 28, 2021

Barrett Rollins, MD, PhD, started working at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in 1983 and hasn’t left since. After joining the staff in 1989, Dr. Rollins became the Institute’s first Chief Scientific Officer in 2004, marking a pinnacle point in his career…

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Cathy (left) at the start of the 2019 Boston Marathon® with fellow 2019 DFMC Runner Jerry

Longtime DFMC runner reflects on 26 years of 26.2

January 28, 2021

A long, winding road full of obstacles is a familiar sight for Cathy Troisi, a Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge (DFMC) runner and team member since 1995 (pictured above at the 2019 Boston Marathon®). She was thrown another twist in 2020, when her 26th…

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