Most people that know Tom know that he has run a whole bunch of NYC Marathons in the past, and that it is a race that he truly loves. Unfortunately, his marathoning took a hiatus for a number of years, due to - you guessed it - the arrival of kids and the disappearance of free time.
This year, Tom decided he is going to run another NYC Marathon, and do it for a very special reason : to raise money for pediatric cancer treatment and research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, where Elias was treated. So, Tom has joined Fred's Team, which was started by Fred LeBow, the man behind the NYC Marathon. Fred LeBow was treated for brain cancer at Sloan-Kettering. While a patient there, he saw the kids being treated for cancer, and was determined to find a way that runners could help find cures for pediatric cancer. Their website is at
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/14334.cfm
Fred's Team is a really big deal at Sloan-Kettering, and they always have bleachers set up along the route, in front of the hospital, so the doctors, nurses, parents, and kids can cheer on the runners. You can bet we will be there. Some of the doctors and nurses also run on Fred's Team, including Elias's main oncologist Dr Kushner. In fact, the photo in the link above shows one of the nurses who often works with Elias.
So we're hoping for lots of support for Tom's run this year. Tom has his own fundraising site set up, and you can Tom's own thoughts on why he is running at this site :
https://fredsteam.mskcc.org/fundraising/Controller?action=userHome&user_id=36001&event_id=41
And now, to remind us all of why we do these things, here is Elias on our last camping trip
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