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Joe Andruzzi Foundation's Boston Marathon Runners Take Part in CharityTeams HOP21 Training Run
On March 26, The Joe Andruzzi Foundation's Team JAF Boston Marathon runners took part in the annual CharityTeams HOP21 training run.
(March 29, 2016 – North Attleboro, Mass.)- On Saturday, March 26, The Joe Andruzzi Foundation’s Team JAF Boston Marathon runners took part in the annual CharityTeams HOP21 training run- a 21-mile, non-competitive training run for those participating in this year’s 2016 Boston Marathon.
Participating runners, who are supporting and raising money for local non-profits, took on the course. The HOP21 allows runners to celebrate and promote their charity and bring awareness to the importance of the charity component in the Boston Marathon.
Posted at the top of Heartbreak Hill, JAF volunteers were supporting and welcoming runners to the finish at a decorated aid station.
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Photo: Matt Birnie finishes the HOP21 run on Saturday.
About The Joe Andruzzi Foundation
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The Joe Andruzzi Foundation, founded in 2008, is committed to providing help, hope, and a reason to smile for cancer patients and their families by contributing financial and emotional support when it is needed most, as well as funding pediatric brain cancer research. Joe Andruzzi, a former three-time Super Bowl winning offensive guard with the New England Patriots, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Burkitt’s lymphoma in 2007 and was treated at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Disease-free less than a year later, Joe dedicated his life to supporting other cancer patients and funding life-saving research. The Joe Andruzzi Foundation is Joe and his wife Jen’s second philanthropic effort; in 2003, they started the C.J. Buckley Brain Cancer Research Fund at Boston Children’s Hospital in memory of C.J. Buckley, a young man with an inoperable brain tumor who touched their hearts before losing his battle in 2002. The fund supports much-needed, innovative research into the molecular nature of pediatric brain tumors, novel treatment therapies and alternatives to multiple surgeries. For more information, or to make a donation, please visit joeandruzzifoundation.org, or visit our Twitter and Facebook pages.