Terry Fox Run 2008

The 2008 marked the most successful year yet for Kate's Team for participation - with 119 people joining us at this year's Terry Fox Run NYC and raising $22,107.43 for Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. This is an incredible effort by so many people, and I know I can speak for the entire team when I say this year's event was a ton of fun - it just gets better and better every year! I hope we all continue to make the trip to New York to remember and celebrate the beautiful spirit of Kate, and keep fighting her battle until no one suffers any longer.

This year's fundraising efforts brought us to an incredible achievement - we have now raised over $150,000 for clinical trials conducted by Dr. Renier Brentjens! An amazing accomplishment - thank you for your dedication!

Many people are interested in knowing exactly where the money goes - as we all know, every single cent donated goes straight to clinical trials at Memorial Sloan Kettering, the world's largest and oldest cancer center. The money that Kate's Team® has raised helps fund research by Dr. Renier Brentjens, who is studying alternative treatment approaches to eradicate tumor cells in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). For an update on the study, please check out page 3 of the newsletter!

2008 Terry Fox Run Highlights

For those of you who couldn't make the Saturday night awards banquet, here are some of the highlights:

• Team leader: Jessica Krause - $1,370.00
• Donna Sasso - $1,205.00
• Jeanne Hollenbeck - $940.00

• Jessica Krause
• Kelly Conlon
• Tracy Creek

• Jimmy Conde
• Michael McMahon
• Michael Sasso

Rookie of the Year
Our 2008 Rookie of the Year is Zach Long, a school mate of Kate's. Zach made a lot of effort to get to NYC this year and has promised to be back next year - a promise we will hold him to!

100th Team Member
This year, we broke our own record by having over 100 team participants! Grace O'Shaughnessy was our 100th registrant, and in total we had 119 people with Kate's Team.

Team Member Stolen from the "Other Side"
Maggie Ottenbreit is the recipient of the annual "team member stolen from the other side" award. As the daughter of the Terry Fox Run - NYC Director, Maggie has been waiting to be a part of Kate's TeamŽ since her big sister Katherine joined in 2007. She brings with her a lot of energy and eagerness to be with us all, and for that, we are grateful to say "Welcome to Kate's TeamŽ, Maggie!"

Susie Walkley Menkes Motivator Award
Donna Sasso was the recipient of this annual award. Donna was quick to register, and started collecting donations right away. As last year's winner, Caitlin McMahon was on hand to present the award to Donna.

Kate's Team^® Slideshow