Delaware County Moms: I Walk For Katie

Katie

I walk for Katie.

As you know from Rebecca’s recent post about childhood cancer, September is childhood cancer awareness month. Every September in Boston, they hold the Boston Marathon® Jimmy Fund Walk.

This is something that is close to my heart.

This walk raises the most money for a single-day walk in the nation and has raised nearly $95 million for the fight against cancer since 1989. It fundraises for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s lifesaving mission to conquer all forms of cancer in children and adults.

This is the foundation that helped my cousin Katie during her battle with cancer.

Katie and the best dog around, Cocoa

So, on September 21, 2014 I will be walking 26.2 miles for Katie.

Katie suffered from two-forms of cancer simultaneously: a germ-cell cancer called “immature teratoma,” and another virulent strain known as PNET (primitive neuroectodermal tumor), which essentially feeds off the teratoma and grows at a rapid rate.

The Jimmy Fund treated her for 15 months during her battle...

Katie and I

My beautiful cousin loved the color purple.

She loved to dance.

She loved school.

She touched everyone’s lives.

This is a great organization that is at the forefront against cancer. I am honored to walk with “Katie’s Keepers” and raise money to help everyone whose lives (young and old) have been effected by cancer.