My mom had cancer before I was born. It affected her and therefore affected me. Without the help from our family and friends and a lot of healthcare workers I may have never been born because my mom might have been too sick to have kids. I want to make sure that other people don't have to be in the same situation that my mom was in. Last year I fundraised over $2800 for cancer research, but this year my goal is to raise $3500 and I need your help to do that!
So come run with me--if you can keep up!
-Maddie
What is Multiple Myeloma?
Multiple Myeloma is a cancer of plasma cells found in bone marrow. Normal plasma cells help the immune system fight disease, but when plasma cells become cancerous they grow out of control and can produce a tumor called a plasmacytoma. If someone has more than one plasmacytoma, they have multiple myeloma.
Why support this event?
Defeat Multiple Myeloma’s mission is to raise awareness of multiple myeloma while supporting research that seeks to discover new treatments, improve the quality of life for myeloma patients, and ultimately find a cure for this devastating form of cancer. Funds from the 2024 Defeat Multiple Myeloma event will continue to support immunotherapy research and clinical trials at Fred Hutch which are using CAR-T cells and have shown very promising early results for patients.
