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Hutch power-walkers help raise $1 million
at Maui Marathon
By Brad Broberg
If you've noticed some people at the Hutch
walking around with sun tans and sore feet, shake their hands.
Chances are they are among a group of
five faculty and staff who helped raise thousands of dollars
for the Washington/Alaska Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma
Society by participating in the Maui Marathon last month.
"They call it `Run with the Whales'
because it's all along the coast," says Tanya Hansen, noting
that the race coincided with the migration of the humpback whales.
"It was just so beautiful. The scenery was incredible."
Hansen, associate director for annual
giving in Development, was joined in Hawaii by Dr. Jean Sanders,
head of pediatric bone marrow transplant; Sue Madill, program
coordinator for the Roth Lab; Lori Blake, coordinator for the
Basic Sciences Division; and Sam Stevens, molecular pharmacist
in the Seattle Project Lab. |
MAUI MARATHON finishers -
(clockwise from left) Dr. Jean Sanders, Tanya Hansen, Lori Blake
and Sue Madill - display their T-shirts, ribbons and medalions.
The fifth Hutch participant was Sam Stevens.
Photo by Clay Eals
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Each of the five decided to enter the
race on his or her own. It wasn't until shortly before their
departure that each discovered that she or he wouldn't be representing
the Hutch alone.
Sanders had competed in a previous Maui
Marathon, but for the rest it was the first time. All five Hutch
participants finished under the allotted time of eight hours.
Stevens ran the 26.2-mile course; the others power-walked
A total of 2,700 people entered, and
2,100 finished. Temperatures climbed into the 90s and trade winds
blew at 40 mph, says Hansen.
Even so, the Hutch entrants enjoyed
the challenge, which included raising at least $3,500 each in
pledges to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
The 300 people who represented the Washington/Alaska
chapter including the five Hutch entrants raised $1 million.
The Hutch benefits greatly from the event through grants that
fund research and staff salaries.
"We'd encourage other people to
do it," Hansen says. "We all thought it was great.
It was a real team-building adventure for a good cause."
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