I walked the PF Chang Half Marathon (13.1 miles) in Phoenix on Sunday January 13, 2008. Please help me to raise money for the International Myeloma Foundation (IMF).

To donate to my cause by credit card, please go to IMF Events Page

Or send a check made out to IMF and mail it to:
Debra Exner
610 E Bell Road, #2-346
Phoenix, AZ  85022

My progress (check back for updates):

Miles walked in training & half marathon: 134.6
Money raised: $1108.00
Fundraising goal: $892. (post-race donations are fine)

Why?

 

When my Mom, Edamay Exner, was diagnosed with myeloma in February of 1998, we found the IMF. I listened over and over again to tapes of the most recent IMF Patient & Family Seminar and began to learn a whole new language and about our options. In June, Mom, my son Chris and I attended our first seminar in Miami. It was not only a great learning experience, it was a great way for us to bond together and with others to make the best choices possible. And the hotline was there for us when the going got rough.

 

The Philadelphia Multiple Myeloma Networking Group was also a huge part of our lives. It is one of the many support groups that the IMF assists. As a leader of that support group for many years, I watched hundreds of people find hope at a very vulnerable time in their lives. The group is still going strong since my move to Phoenix 2 years ago and I walked in honor of all my PMMNG friends as well as my Mom.

 

Good information, research and new treatments gave my Mom and me six+ years together to travel, create fun times and great memories. Let's help to do the same and better for many others ... until there is a cure!