Dana Farber Diaries

The First DFMC Meeting

Last night was the first group meeting of the Dana Farber Marathon Challenge runners.

The meeting was attended by over 100 runners was a brief introduction to what we are embarking on. A few of the facts learned:

Last year, DFMC had 550 runners and they raised $4,160,000 for the Dana Farber Institute.

This year DFMC is sponsoring between 525 and 550 runners again, and again their goal is $4,000,000.
55% of the team has done this before, and 45% are new people - like me - who never were involved with the Dana Farber Marathon Challenge before.

We learned about a couple of neat programs for connecting with kids that have cancer and with the families of children who have died from cancer. We also learned that we have a coach and a running schedule to help get us to the finish line. That's good, because, I think I'm going to need it.

Please help me along by donating to this very noble cause! Thanks.

posted by Fran Toolan @ 2:14 PM