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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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Meet the Models: Sarah Hickey

By Olivia Achtmeyer Boger | July 7, 2025

Cancer didn’t just change my life—it reshaped it entirely. I was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive breast cancer (primary angiosarcoma of the breast) in 2020, and today, I’m living with stage 4 metastatic disease. I had a unilateral mastectomy and chose to remain flat on one side without a prosthetic. That decision wasn’t about loss—it was about truth. This is my body now, and I’ve learned to love it not in spite of the changes, but because of them.

Rebecca’s Story

By Olivia Achtmeyer Boger | June 24, 2025

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…

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,…

Erika’s Story

By Olivia Achtmeyer Boger | June 23, 2025

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