Walk–or ride–you can help
Research carries a hefty price tag. Part of the work Walking with Jane does is raise money for that research. You can help, either by participating in a fundraising event–or by donating to one. Starting this week, we will publish a weekly update on our major efforts–and the fundraisers we do to support those efforts.
Here’s this week’s update on my cancer fundraising.
Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk
September 23—various start times and locations. Team Name: NETwalkers Alliance
The bulk of last week’s efforts went to setting up my personal and team pages for this event. Including the check I mailed out this morning, we’ve raised $6835 for NET cancer research through this event for 2018. That’s the fastest start I’ve ever had straight out of the gate—and leaves me $665 short of Four Star Pacesetter status. It was early September last year before I reached that level. I’m hoping to reach that this week.
The Jimmy Fund Walk Brunch was this weekend. Officially, the Landers Charity Golf Tournament run by team member Jenaleigh Landers and her family, was the second largest individual fundraising event for the Walk, raising $17,689. The #cureNETcancernow group, of which the NETwalkers is a part, finished third among groups, less than $1500 behind the second place group made up of State Street Bank employees.
The Landers Tournament will take place August 4 at the Bradford Country Club in Haverhill, MA, if you want to pencil that in on your calendar. Details should follow shortly.
As of today, I remain the only person signed up for our team for the Walk. I hope to put out a recruiting letter this week, as well as a fundraising letter. But you don’t need to wait for either one. Just click to sign up or donate.
PanMass Challenge
August 4-5—various start times and locations. Team Name: Heidi’s Heroes.
I’ll take on the 50 mile Wellesley-Patriot Place-Wellesley round-trip on Sunday. I’ll be at the Landers Tournament on Saturday, so much as I’d like to do more…
I’ll reach $3290 raised for this once the PMC gets a check for $670 I have to send them. The team is at $23,245 this morning, but held a fundraiser yesterday in Dover, MA that has not reported in yet. That conflicted with the Brunch for the Walk yesterday, so I wasn’t there.
The team has another fundraiser at Orange Theory Fitness at the studio 610 Providence Highway, Dedham. This is an upbeat one-hour workout experience. If you have not tried it, you must come see what it is all about. You set your own fitness goals and work out in the company of peers and under the direction of a coach. Registration donation is $35. To sign up, go to PMC.org, donate to Team Heidi’s Heroes, in memo put “Orange Theory Fitness.” Then email Heidi (fischerheidi@msn.com) so she can add you to the class list. Need to sign up by Friday March 23.
Relay for Life of Greater Fall River
June 22, 3 p.m. to June 23, 10 a.m.—Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River MA. Team Name: Walking with Jane & John.
If you’ve never been to a Relay for Life, it is a one-of-a-kind experience in Fall River. As an event chair several years ago, I toured many different Relays. Fall River’s event is the most intense I’ve seen. We don’t do as much here as we once did—the work on NET cancer was always my lodestone, and the more responsibilities I took on for that, the less energy I had for Relay beyond the day of the event itself. But we have had a presence at every Fall River Relay since Jane’s death. We’ve become famous for our chowder in the food tent. This year, we’ll have chowder again, but replace Gail’s famous clam cakes with stuffed quahogs instead. Come help us feed the masses—and take a few laps around the track in memory and support.
The Relay Craft Fair is at White’s of Westport on May 5. I’ll be there to raise money for the Jimmy Fund Walk and the PMC.
So far, we have raised $560 and have two team members signed up. Please take a few minutes to sign in if you are going to help us serve that night.
This year, we’ve changed the team name to honor our dear friend John—Jane’s best friend in the science department at WHS—whom we lost to glioblastoma last July 1. John was a fixture at Walking with Jane events—and we all miss him very deeply.
