After my sister ran the New York City Marathon last year, she told me she’d never been more conscious or grateful for her two healthy lungs than when she’d been running that 26.2. Such health is a privilege she recognized by running for the Lung Cancer Research Foundation, an example I’m honored to follow this year.

The Lung Cancer Research Foundation supports life-saving research in the areas of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure of lung cancer. My charismatic and resilient aunt, Reina Honts, credits early screening and detection with catching her lung cancer in 2018. Five years later, she is now cancer-free thanks to medical advancements made possible through the support of groups like the Lung Cancer Research Foundation. I'm running for her and the millions of other people touched by this disease.

As race day approaches on Sunday, November 5, I need your help in achieving my fundraising goal of $12,000 to support LCRF and its transformative work! Together we can make a change in the fight against lung cancer!