Help us fight cancer!
For most of us, cancer has touched our lives. In our lifetime, 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will be diagnosed with cancer. Many of us have friends or family that have lost their lives to cancer. Thankfully, through the innovative work that is done in the health care industry today, many more have beaten cancer.
Please join us raising funds towards this amazing cause! Help us fund the amazing doctors at the Innovative Clinical Trials Center at Baylor continue to make significant strives in their research.
One significant advancement they are working on is creating a simple blood test that is run yearly that detects cancer in it's very early stages allowing for treatment rather than only supportive treatments. Their goal is to make cancer something that can be lived with, not something to die from. And eventually something that is easily treated and recovered from, rather than a major illness.
You will receive a receipt for any donations through this site. Please also consider if your employer has a donation matching program!
(If you are a swimmer and would like to swim in the event in September, feel fee to register for the event yourself at www.swimacrossamerica.org.)
A little about me:
In 2005, my grandfather, Craig Martin, was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. He has always loved to watch me swim and was always there at swim meets to cheer me on. This brought the reality and impact of this awful disease too close to home. At the time my grandfather was diagnosed, the doctors could do little other than remove the prostate and provide supportive treatments. In June of 2021, my grandfather lost his battle with cancer.
I've been swimming in this event for many, many years. The list of who I swims for grows each year.