The Melanoma Foundation of New England's marathon team has 37 runners for this year's Boston Marathon. This team includes 19 women and 18 men with runners hailing from 11 different states, including Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, New York, California, North Carolina, Washington State, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Illinois as well as the District of Columbia. Several of our runners have run marathons for us before, including Mark Messinger, Kim Coppinger, Lesley Corda, David Hughes, Greg Earley, Mary Eyke, Fred Levy, Paul Bridge and Reed Newton. Welcome back!
Four of our runners are qualified, which means they ran the marathon fast enough to run Boston without a charity number! Thank you to Kim Coppinger, Paul Bridge, Deirdre Ley and Dr. Robin Travers!
Members of the marathon team not only commit to running a marathon, they also commit to raising a minimum of $3,250 for the Melanoma Foundation of NE.
Qualified Runners
While our charity numbers are all gone, we are still looking for qualified runners who would like to run for us. Qualified runners have already secured a number through the BAA directly. If you are interested, please contact Trish Signet at tsignet@mfne.orgClick here to go to our Firstgiving page see a list of our runners with links to their fundraising pages!
Runner Spotlight....Natalie DeAngelo
Natalie DeAngelo has run marathons before, but never one for a cause so near and dear to her heart. On April 19th, 2010, she will be running the Boston Marathon as part of our Running for Cover team in honor of the late Brad Pinney, her boyfriend's father, who passed away after a courageous 6-month battle with Melanoma in September 2008.
According to Natalie, those who knew Brad Pinney know he dedicated his life to giving back to his community- whether it was in the line of fire as captain of the Wilbraham Fire Department, volunteering his time on countless community boards or simply by being a good father, husband, coach and neighbor - he was an example of what it truly means to give 100% to others.
Click here to read more of Natalie's story. Thank you Natalie!!!