Team Run for CF Boston Marathon 2012

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BENEFITING: CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION

ORGANIZER: CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION

EVENT: 2012 Boston Marathon

EVENT DATE: Apr 16, 2012

THE STORY:

This will be my first time running the Boston Marathon, something I've wanted to do for a long time. As kids, we spent every Patriots Day volunteering at the Wellesley water station watching the waves of runners go by. From the dominant Kenyans to the irrepressible Johnny Kelley, each runner had his/her own compelling story, his or her own reason for pounding 26 miles of concrete.

My brother Karl and I are running for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, an organization dedicated to the development of new drugs to fight CF improve the quality of life for those with the disease and ultimately to find a cure. Cystic Fibrosis is a chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive systems of about 30,000 children and adults in the United States (70,000 worldwide). CF causes mucus to build up and clog the lungs, making breathing very difficult and potentially causing permanent lung damage. I encourage you to visit http://www.cff.org/ to learn more about this disease and the important initiatives supported by the Foundation.

Karl has spent several years working in collaboration with the CF Foundation to develop a new drug (just approved by the FDA last month!) that significantly improves lung functioning of people affected with CF by countering the effects of a particular gene mutation. I am extremely proud of my brother for the work he has done and thrilled to do my part towards the same goal.

I am grateful for your support and for every clear breath I take.

P.S. That's me and Karl running in 1993 (you can tell by the "vintage" photo quality, my scrunchie and XL t-shirt). I joined him at the half way point. I hope to run all 26.2 this time around.

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$5,675

MONEY RAISED

Anonymous

$250
Kathy Choi and Dillon Kim

$250
Dan Schubert

$100
Tom Neyarapa...

$100
Elsa Montagnani

$300
Jen Mendelsohn

$250
Tammy Loh

$100
Carlos Tome

$100
Amanda & Jason

$100
Emily Lu

$100
Anonymous
Chi-Mei Cheng

$100
Anonymous

$50
Joannie Wu

$100
Ben & Jacqueline Arnoldy

$50
Osamu Watanabe

$100
David E

$250
Will Chiong

$100
Bob Anello

$250
Jon Fetterolf

$100
Nate Muyskens

$200
Esther, Symon & Joey

$100
Stormy & Helena Scott
Rydinsky

$100
Ronald Wong

$100
Jane & Michael

$100
David Burns

$200
Kyle and Debbie Bisceglie

$250
David Goldberg

$50
Kitty

$100
Scott Breedlove
Sally D.

$100
Caroline Kaufmann

$50
Joe Giannini
Corine & Jason

$100
The Callows

$50
Ken and Adele

$50
Yeji Cha

$20
Jessica Shweky
Patrick Doris

$200
Gary Spratling

$520
Bonnie Park

$50

95% Raised of $6,000 Goal

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The Team: $66,014 TOTAL RAISED SO FAR

Tom, Will and Adam Boardman

Amount Raised:

$16,686

Daniel Marotta

Amount Raised:

$9,335

117% Raised of $8,000 Goal

Theresa Casey

Amount Raised:

$8,158

163% Raised of $5,000 Goal

Karl Yen

Amount Raised:

$7,183

72% Raised of $10,000 Goal

Allison Maher

Amount Raised:

$6,100

122% Raised of $5,000 Goal

Missy Ayers

Amount Raised:

$5,850

117% Raised of $5,000 Goal

Shannon Collins

Amount Raised:

$5,837

117% Raised of $5,000 Goal

Karen Yen

Amount Raised:

$5,675

95% Raised of $6,000 Goal

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