2010 Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge

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Alan Cameron

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Alan and his daughter, Kenzie, complete their first marathon - Chicago 2005; Alan trains for Boston

Thank you for supporting the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team in the 2010 Boston Marathon! Via this web page you may make a gift towards the DFMC team's goal of $4.4 million, 100% of which will fund the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research.

We appreciate your kind generosity and thank you for making a difference in the lives of cancer patients and their families. For a quick look (about a minute) at the importance and impact of Dana-Farber's work, please turn on your volume and see
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I am both humbled and delighted to have been selected to be a member of the 2010 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Marathon Challenge Team to participate in the 114th Boston Marathon on April 19. The opportunity to do something more than ‘just train’ for another marathon is both exciting and challenging.

Cancer, in one form or another, has afflicted too many of my family and friends over the years. As a member of the DFMC Team, I have an opportunity to help raise funds for innovative basic cancer research, and to support the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research.

My goal is to raise $10,000, but I do not put a cap on the top end.

Please consider the incidence of cancer in your immediate family, and recognize that survival (or ‘beating it’) depends on the results of modern medicine. This, in turn, depends on the continuing output from (expensive) research and development. You may also choose to remember family members or friends whom you have lost to cancer. The need for funds in excess of what public monies can provide is great. The Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge Team for this year has a goal of raising $4.4 million dollars to add to the over 40 million dollars it has raised over the last 20 years to carry out its mission. Please use the ‘DFMC Dollars in Action’ button to explore some of the impressive results achieved as a result of DFMC grants in previous years.

Since I am fortunate enough to be able to have so much fun, I want to leverage this into support for those who are not as lucky. I am honored to have been selected to the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge Team and receive one of their limited number of invitational bibs.

Please help me by adding your financial support, at whatever level you feel is right for you, and in honor of a cancer survivor, in memory of someone special to you who has fallen victim to this disease, or simply to support me as I attempt to meet my financial support goal for the Institute. I have already made my personal contribution.

You may make a contribution on-line, or if you prefer not to contribute electronically, please send me a check made out to Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge and I will forward it for deposit.

Thank you so much for joining me in this endeavor. Together, we will make a difference.

For more background information, please visit my blog at http://alansheadedforboston.blogspot.com/

If you’ll be in Boston on April 19, 2010, please come cheer on my DFMC teammates and me as we race towards the ultimate finish line: a world without cancer. We train and run with thousands of special people in mind and hope in our hearts. Dana-Farber is setting the pace in the race against cancer, and we’re grateful for your help.

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