Milford Fundraiser Supports Dad's Boston Marathon Run For Cancer

MILFORD, MA — An upcoming fundraiser in Milford will support a local father's 2021 Boston Marathon run, which he's doing to support a cancer center that helped heal his daughter.

Milford's Goldfish Swim School at the end of September will hold a family swimming event to help Nathaniel McMahan reach his goal of raising over $13,000 for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

In 2018, McMahan's preschool-aged daughter, Caroline, was diagnosed with kidney cancer. After an operation at Dana-Farber and months of chemotherapy and radiation, she's still cancer-free today.

"I am running the 2021 Boston Marathon with the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge because they saved my little girl's life and because I want to help them reach their goal of a world without cancer," McMahan said in a recent news release.

The Sept. 26 fundraiser will take place over two sessions between 3 and 4 p.m. and 4 and 5 p.m. for $40 per family. Outside of swimming, there will be food, balloon animals and a raffle featuring gifts from the Worcester Red Sox, Butterhouse Dog Daycare, the Hopkinton Center for the Arts, Lash Lounge Milford and many more local businesses.

For more details and to sign up for the swim event, visit the Goldfish Swim School event page.