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Part of Runway's mission is to honor the legacies and stories of those who have been impacted by breast cancer. Our blog page is dedicated to helping us share those stories.

 

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Alison Chamberlain, Love for Runway Concord, MA Speaker

By Olivia Achtmeyer Boger | June 23, 2025

In 2018, I was 41 years old with two young daughters-just 6 and 8 at the time-when I was diagnosed with stage 1 triple-positive breast cancer. I had no family history. Honestly, I didn’t think it could happen to me. But I’d been vigilant about early mammograms, and that decision likely saved my life. The cancer was aggressive, but it was caught early I received incredible care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and after a partial mastectomy and radiation, I was fortunate to avoid chemotherapy and Herceptin based on my surgery results. I’ve now been in remission for seven years, and…

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Angelina Hawley-Dolan, Love for Runway, Concord, MA

By Olivia Achtmeyer Boger | June 23, 2025

  Good evening, everyone!! It is with a heart full of gratitude and a profound sense of humility that I am here with you all tonight. To be at this event, amongst such incredible individuals – survivors who embody resilience, dedicated providers and caregivers who offer unwavering support, and those whose lives have been touched by the experience of breast cancer through loved ones – is an absolute honor, a true privilege, and it brings me an immense amount of joy…thank you for having me!   I am a mother of three children, a wife, daughter, sister, aunt, teacher, and,…

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Erika’s Story

By Olivia Achtmeyer Boger | June 23, 2025

A Funded Family of a Mom who is Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer

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Love for Runway Speaker: Julie Clemente

By Olivia Achtmeyer Boger | June 2, 2025

Hello my name is Julie Clemente. I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma (breast cancer) this past July 2024. I am proud to say that I am 9 months post lumpectomy, 5 months post chemo, and 3 months post radiation. I wanted to share some cancer dos and don’ts with you tonight: Don’t: feel something different in or on your body and do nothing about it… I suspected I had breast cancer since Winter 2024. that is when I felt something in my chest wall. I thought it was anything but breast cancer. it was not a lump. a bump and…

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Wyndham Clark Donates $25,000 to Runway for Recovery to Support Families Impacted by Metastatic Breast Cancer

By Olivia Achtmeyer Boger | March 4, 2025

Boston, MA – March 3, 2025 – U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark is turning his personal loss into purpose with a $25,000 donation to Runway for Recovery, a nonprofit that provides direct support to children who have lost a parent to metastatic breast cancer or are navigating a parent’s diagnosis. Clark, who lost his mother to breast cancer in 2013, has long sought to uplift families facing the same challenges he once did. His generous gift will help fund Runway for Recovery’s wraparound services, including extracurricular activities, summer camp, tutoring, and financial support-all designed to provide stability for children as…

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