This year, I will be supporting Team Rally for Sarc as I have been selected to represent the Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research (FSR) at the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon on November 2nd, 2025!
I am running the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon to support my dad, who is living with cardiac sarcoidosis. Running a marathon is something he loved to do before his diagnosis, and now I’m running to raise awareness and funds to fight this disease.
This journey means a lot to me - it is not just about the miles I will run on race day, but about honoring my dad and helping others that are impacted by sarcoidosis every day. I want to bring awareness to this rare and often misunderstood disease and support the research and care that patients desperately need.
FSR is the leading international organization dedicated to finding a cure for sarcoidosis and improving care for sarcoidosis patients through research, education, and support. Since its establishment in 2000, FSR has fostered over $8 million in sarcoidosis-specific research efforts.
Sarcoidosis impacts approximately 1.2 million people worldwide and 200,000 in the U.S. People living with sarcoidosis wake up each day and face the challenges of living with a rare disease including the symptoms and side effects like overwhelming fatigue, trouble breathing, chest pain, headaches, joint pain, skin lesions and rashes, an overall feeling of sickness, along with other physical and mental symptoms that patients experience living with sarcoidosis. Currently, there is no known cause and limited treatment options.
I hope you will consider supporting Team Rally for Sarc this year by making a financial contribution to my page as I seek to support FSR and all those impacted by sarcoidosis. Your donation, of any amount, will not only help Team Rally for Sarc achieve their goals, but will help make more patient support, and one day, a cure for sarcoidosis possible.
Thank you!
Click here for more information on sarcoidosis and the Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research.
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