I wanted to give a little pub to my lifelong friend, Jan and her fundraising to fight cancer at the Broad Street Run on May 6th. Go get ‘em Jan!

Dear Friends and Family,

I think we can all agree it’s about time to change the course of cancer. Well, I’m putting my time and money where my mouth is.

I’ve signed up for the Broad Street Run (May 6) with the American Cancer Society DetermiNation team. That means every step I take and every mile I conquer throughout these next few months of training will save lives and create a world with less cancer and more birthdays.

Why am I telling you all this? I’m hoping you’ll join me in fighting back against cancer. Don’t worry, you don’t have to sign up for a race! You can support my efforts by visiting my personal page and making a donation of whatever amount you can. Your donation will help the American Cancer Society save lives by helping people stay well, helping people get well, by finding cures, and by fighting back.

Thanks to the generosity of people like you, 11 million cancer survivors are celebrating another birthday this year. I’m pretty excited to be a part of this DetermiNation team – and I’m grateful to have people like you in my life who care about changing the course of cancer forever!

Love,
Jan

If you would like to donate, please visit Jan’s page and do something good today!

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WE YOU DID IT!!! Our Disney marathon team just reached our goal last night and went over $11,000 raised for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Now comes the easy part, Abbe and I just need to go run 39.3 miles! This is a HUGE relief!

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We are incredibly humbled by this post by our friend Lime. (Also, thanks to Hilary at The Smiten Image for sharing Lime’s post on her own blog!) Thank you Michele! It is going to be an honor to Have your Aunt Bee’s name on my shoe this year at Disney. I know I will look down at some point and garner some energy to keep on going. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

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