Our third year at Falmouth is in the books and what a day it was! As of this writing our team of over 115 runners have eclipsed the $165,000 mark with more money still coming in. THANK YOU RUNNERS AND DONORS! The race was incredible with our supporters cheering on the runners with a mile plus to go in the …
Strike the black key
The below post was originally posted HERE in March 30 2012. It illustrates why your support is so important – and how groundbreaking work will only take place in our current broken system if we make the choice to fund it ourselves. This is why you are all so awesome! ———– In 1930 a graduate student at Harvard University created …
Falmouth 2014 – Why Beat NB?
There are countless non-profits out there doing all sorts of wonderful things to support causes that are near and dear to their hearts – and many of yours. In the childhood cancer space alone there are innumerable charities dedicated to helping kids or families with cancer. So why Beat NB? I can honestly say that you would be hard pressed to find …
5th NMTRC symposium
Presenting $150,000 of YOUR dollars to the extraordinary Dr. Giselle Sholler. This year I attended the NMTRC symposium hosted by Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids Michigan from April 27th to the 29th. It was the 5th time it is has been held and I have been fortunate to attend each one and I can promise you that great …
Get ready for a GREAT night!
Cure Me I’m Irish 2014 Kicks off on Saturday night and we have our most exciting lineup yet! The 7th annual event is going to be the most fun you’ve had while celebrating St. Patrick’s day and the best part is you get to save KIDS with cancer while doing so. Saturday March 8th 2014 starting at 8pm at Lombardo’s …
What is Cure Me I’m Irish?
There are innumerable non-profits doing great work throughout this country – there are countless NB specific foundations here in the US as well. Many of them do important things like providing financial assistance to families or emotional support and there are lots of groups that fund research all over the US. I am proud of what we have been able …
#dosomething
7 years ago Today my newly minted 9 year old started 4th grade. I never gave up hope – an indefensible hope – that he could stay alive this long. However, experiencing it and hoping it will happen are two very different things. I know plenty of parents who shared that same hope whose children are dead and for whom …
Moving the bell curve
Five years ago this week seven year old Max was taken from his family by cancer the same week my own son with cancer had just turned 4. I had an opportunity to get to know Max’s parents because both of our children where chasing down treatment options for our kids – kids that our own hospitals had …
BEAT NB Invades Falmouth 2013
Our Beat NB running team had FORTY ONE runners participating in this years Falmouth Road Race. Combined they raised in excess of $70,000 all while running to help save KIDS with cancer. The day was a truly amazing experience topped off by the runners and their friends and families joining us afterward for an incredibly fun family friendly cookout. …
Guest Post: Beat NB runner Peter Fitzgerald
Donate to Peter’s Running Page Working at Children’s hospital overnights, I sometimes forget where I am. Behind a curtain of poly it is just like any other construction site. But when I go on break, and walk out from behind the poly, I see the children. The children who have hurt themselves playing sports, riding bikes, playing man hunt. They …