I'm Swimming 5 Miles for American Cancer Society

I'm swimming 5 miles to help the American Cancer Society fight for a world without cancer. This is a very meaningful cause for me -- first because I was a nurse for kids with cancer long ago, and more recently because I was diagnosed with a rare lung cancer. I specifically turned to swimming as a way to strengthen my lungs, after losing half a lung to that cancer two years ago. Mostly I swim to say to cancer, "you can't catch me," which I know is magical thinking, but I'm sticking to it. I offer up my swim each day to my boys who I want to be with as long as I possibly can be.

ACS has a platinum rating on GuideStar (the highest possible), so give with confidence! Please consider making a donation because every little bit helps. Thank you for your support!

Given the recent cuts in funding to cancer research, and the millions of us living with this unpredictable and insistent disease, cancer research funded by all of us is imperative.