Lauren's Team In Training Page
Running to Save Lives
Welcome to my Team In Training home page.
I am training to participate in the Chicago Marathon as a member of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training. All of us on Team In Training are raising funds to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives. I'm completing this event in honor of all individuals who are battling blood cancers. These people are the real heroes on our team, and we need your support to cross the ultimate finish line - a cure!
I am especially running in honor of my patient honoree, Fabian. Fabian was diagnosed with ALL in 1997, when he was just 15 months old. ALL is cancer of the white blood cells. Fabian went through chemo, had a stem cell transplant from his brother, and was on dialysis at the age of 4. He fought a hard fight, but died just before his 5th birthday in March of 2001. I am running to honor Fabian and in hopes that other children don't have to fight as hard as he did.
Please make a donation to support my participation in Team In Training and help advance the Society's mission. I have set a personal goal of raising $2001 in honor of Fabian and his long, hard fight that ended that year.
Thanks for your support!
