Turkey Trot Turkeys

As promised to many of our donors, three members of team Relentless 4 Raegan participated in a Turkey Trot today dressed as turkeys! We were quite the sight to behold and received many compliments, questioning looks, and high fives from the other runners. What a great time and awesome chance to share our mission with other people! Hope you had as great a Saturday morning as we did!!

Shaking our Tail Feathers :)

Raegan's November Chemo Cycle

Raegan had her chemotherapy last week. Here is an adorable pic of her and big sis, Rylee, while waiting at the hospital...

The week after chemo is always hard because Raegan has to take steroids, which throw her little body off kilter. Today is the last day of the steroids and she's finally normalizing again. They won't be testing Raegan again to determine the efficacy of the chemo until February, but we are all believing good things for her! We will keep running and fundraising in her honor while she keeps fighting this disease!

Our Team Inspiration

From our Team's Donation Page on Oct 25, 2013 

Relentless 4 Raegan

Team “Relentless 4 Raegan” is training for the New Jersey Marathon Series Half Marathon on April 27, 2014. We are running to honor Raegan, a 1-year-old undergoing chemotherapy for a disease similar to leukemia, and treated like Leukemia. Watching my friend, Samantha, watch her baby girl undergo treatment is heart wrenching and I wanted to do something to help her. I knew she needed to start taking care of herself to manage her stress levels so I challenged her to run with me. Our Team is inspired by Sam’s ability to take everything in stride and keep her head about her through all of these challenges and her commitment to take care of herself so she can better care for her daughter.

We are inspired by a recently deceased friend, who was relentless in her fight with cancer. Karen didn’t give up and her courage inspires me on every run.

As the Team Captain, I am inspired by the amazing people on my team who have taken my challenge and are rising to it, some of them a little bit trepidatiously, but rising nonetheless! I am excited to see these folks conquer amazing fitness goals as well as fundraising goals together.

Are you inspired yet? If so, please donate to help our team reach our goal which will help find cures and more effective treatment for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma. I am asking our friends and family to consider two donation options:

• 1) Commit to a set dollar amount per mile we will be running on race day (so $10 per mile would be $131) OR
• 2) Commit to a set dollar amount per mile we run while training (Perhaps $1 per mile)-our team members will keep you up to date on their training and let you know each week what the week’s totals were so that you can make your donation. What an amazing way to keep us encouraged as we train through the winter!

Thank you for your support!

Jean Kleber

Captain, Relentless 4 Raegan

Babies and Chemo Should Never Mix

From our Team in Training Donation Page on October 30, 2013

"Sam texted me yesterday from the hospital where they were waiting for Raegan's next round of chemotherapy. Before they can treat Raegan, they have to run tests to be sure her little body is healthy enough to take the chemo. Then she receives her treatment and they monitor her for a while. Once they get home, Rolando and Sam have to give Raegan other meds and a course of steroids to help her body fight. The steroids are hard on her physically and mentally and make life pretty challenging for Rolando and Sam at home. Sam sent me this beautiful pic of Rolando and Raegan in the hospital waiting for the docs to do their thing. The whole picture makes my heart melt - the Daddy and his baby girl, and the knowledge of where they are and why.

Let's work together to help find a cure so Daddies can hold their daughters and read them storybooks anywhere other than a hospital room!"

Raffle! Raffle! Raffle!

Relentless 4 Raegan team member Julia has a raffle going on now through December 7th! Each raffle entry is a $2 donation. The winner of the raffle drawing will receive a gift card to Hand and Stone Spa for a Hot Stone Massage!

The gift card is good at any Hand and Stone Spa location. To enter the raffle, make a donation to Julia or another team member through the Team in Training website posted below. Make sure to put in the Comments section "Hot Stone Massage" of your donation.

All entries must be submitted by 6 pm on December 7th. The raffle winner will be announced later that evening!!

Relentless for Raegan - Team In Training