Rebekka Ramble 9!

The Rebekka Ramble is a 5K walk/run/party, a celebration and a fundraiser for the Rebekka Sprouse Cholangiocarcinoma Fund.

The Rebekka Sprouse Cholangiocarcinoma Fund was established to fund research into cholangiocarcinoma, with proceeds now benefiting The Cholangiocarinomca Foundation.

Rebekka developed an advanced, untreatable case of cholangiocarcinoma, a cancer of the bile ducts, at age 31, and she passed from the disease several months later. The overwhelming majority of cases progress in the same way; no effective treatment is known.

Small amounts of money make big differences for rare and understudied cancers, as it allows for research that otherwise would simply not occur.

Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation (CCF) is the only non-profit in North America dedicated to finding a cure and improving the quality of life for those affected by bile duct cancer. More than 5,000 people are diagnosed with this hard-to-detect, difficult-to-treat, fatal type of cancer in the United States each year, and incidence is sharply increasing. Despite treatment, most people diagnosed with advanced bile duct cancer have less than a 10 percent chance of surviving five years.