Goals reached–and goals to reach
NET cancer research is $10,000 richer today because of those of you who have answered the call for donations to my Jimmy Fund Marathon Walk this summer.
NET cancer research is another $6000 richer today thanks to all of you who have answered the call of others on our Caring for Carcinoid Walking with Jane team.
…a sincere thank you.
NET cancer research is another $53,000 richer today thanks to the Kulke’s Krewe team’s fundraising efforts over the last several months.
That works out to $69,000 from our groups for this year’s campaign so far–and there are still two full days for people to make contributions in.
Where the cash goes
That money will go to fund research into NET cancer, to leverage additional money from foundations and other individuals, to train primary care doctors about how to recognize the symptoms of NET cancer and carcinoid syndrome. That money will make difference in the lives of both patients who know they have the disease and those who don’t yet know they have it.
I have to tip my cap to Robert Ramsey, the captain of Kulke’s Krewe.
That money will go to help fund the work of the Program in Neuroendocrine and Carcinoid Tumors at Dana-Farber. It will help fund the work to develop an animal model, to develop new cell lines, to analyze the DNA of those with NET cancer and compare their DNA to those who do not have the disease so we can, at last, begin to understand where this cancer comes from and how it works.
NET cancer and dedication
That money reveals just how many of us have been deeply touched–and deeply wounded–by this cancer–and just how deeply committed we are to finding the answers that will lead to a cure. I hope, in these final days of the campaign, that these two small groups–our combined teams total just 62 people–will reach $100,000 in donations. That would be close to $1500 per team member. That would be a huge accomplishment.
That money will make difference…
I have to tip my cap to Robert Ramsey, the captain of Kulke’s Krewe. I have tried to keep pace with him the last few weeks, but his personal effort has taken him to more than double what I have raised–$7000 in the last week alone.
But we have miles to go yet
But the clock is ticking. Every second brings us closer to Sunday’s Walk–which looks increasingly like it will be wet. More importantly, every second we don’t have a cure means every person with NET cancer is one step closer to where Jane was at the end. If you can help–even in the smallest amount–please do. You can give online. Or you can send a check–in any amount–to Walking with Jane, P.O Box 9721, Fall River, MA 02720.
Another milestone reached
As I write this,walkingwithjane.org is one view short of 12,000 since September 2 of last year. I really wanted to see that 12,000 mark eclipsed before our anniversary, but five days late will be better than not getting there at all.
NET cancer research is…richer today.
To all of you who have visited since our launch last year, a sincere thank you.
And to those who helped build all this–designers Carissa Broadbent and Mike Goeppner, primary writers and editors Phil Devitt, Becky Martins, Katie Dupere, Meg Allen Flanagan, Chari Swist and Rae Brinkmeyer–I am eternally in your debt.
