Many of you have appeared on our website and in brochures, posters, and several of our other print materials. This year is no different. However, we would also like to offer you the opportunity to share your personal stories.
Every year a photo with an accompanying story is chosen to appear on the cover of the EIF Revlon Run/Walk brochure. Additionally, we will be featuring your personal stories in our e-mail newsletters. Therefore, we encourage you to submit your stories (with the subject line “Why I Walk”) along with a photograph via email to: info@revlonrunwalk.com or by mail to P.O. Box 582, Orange, CT 06477. If you have any questions, you can reach the NYC event hotline at 212-379-3199.
We also encourage you to post your story right here on our message board, where you can leave uplifting comments, interact with and get to know your fellow participants. We rely on each and every one of you to help us tell the stories that make this event so very special!
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I walk for my daughter,
Meghan Patricia McGrady,
Aug. 1st, 1985 – Oct. 22nd ,2007.
Meghan’s story.....
I was born in Teaneck, NJ, on 8/1/85. At the age of 2½ we went to live with my mothers parents. Two weeks later my brother, Dan, was born. My parents got divorced when I was 7. My brother & I attended Honis Elementary School & Dumont High School. I then attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick. While attending Rutgers, I was on the Dean’s List several times, I was on the Executive Board of RHA for 3 years. All 4 years of college I was a fundraiser & did volunteer work for Children with Cancer and Blood Disorders. Then in Jr. Year I joined Alpha Chi Omega and by senior year I was the Vice President of Risk Management. I was accepted at Rutgers Graduate School of Education for my Masters in Education, my future was bright. I had been a substitute teacher for the Cresskill Board of Ed. for 3 years, a job that I really enjoyed. I was a happy Rutgers senior, finishing up with college, hanging out with my sorority sisters, roommates, and my brother, who followed me to Rutgers. I was looking forward to my college graduation and starting Rutgers Graduate School of Education in September. That’s when our nightmare began.....
In the end of February, they found a growth in Meghan’s left ovary. In March, we went to see a gynecological ecologist, who thought that since Meghan was only 21, it probably was not cancer. The recover time for the debulking surgery would be 6 weeks, there was no way she could have the operation and get back to Rutgers to take her finals and graduate. The doctor said that 3 weeks would not make a difference, he gave Meghan 3 weeks to finish up school and take all her finals so that she would be able to graduate. Meghan’s operation was scheduled for April 23rd. She finished school in 2 ½ weeks with a 3.7 GPA. A few days before the surgery we got the results of some blood tests and found out that Meghan had ovarian cancer. On May 17, 2007, Meghan’s wish came true and she was able to walk to the podium, in a great deal of pain, to receive her diploma. Meghan spent most of her last 6 months in Memorial Sloan-Kettering hospital. Meghan passed away on October 22, 2007, 1 day short of 6 months from her first surgery, she was only 22 years old. Her life had just begun. Her family & friends where at her side as my angel went to heaven.
Right before Meghan passed away she was preparing to go to colleges and speak at Sororities to spread the word about ovarian cancer. Now that she is gone her family and friends are trying to do that for her. Please visit Meghan’s Message at meghansmessage.com or on facebook.com & myspace.com causes. Awareness is the key. Because ovarian cancer does not have many survivors (78% of women who are diagnosed are diagnosed late when the chance for survival is low), we need you to get involved. Just a simple email of this information will raise awareness. Ovarian cancer is not uncommon. It’s the 4th leading cause of cancer death among women and kills more women than all the other reproductive cancers combined. Ovarian cancer is hard to detect early. It’s cause is unknown. Only 24% of ovarian cancer is caught early. Be a myth buster, make sure all your friends know the symptoms of ovarian cancer. It is the silent killer. We could not save Meghan but maybe we can save someone else, a daughter, granddaughter, sister, wife, niece, cousin or a friend. Please help us, join our cause & spread the word. Together we can save lives.
Cheryl McGrady
My name is Jessica Trujillo, and I participate in the EIF Revlon Run/Walk For Women in hopes of finding a cure in my lifetime. I lost my mother to cancer when I was 9 yrs old and then watched my step-mother battle breast cancer when I was 18. Thankfully, due to early diagnosis and the development of Herceptin (funded in large by the Run/Walk) she is now a proud survivor, and I didn't have to face loosing another mother! I walk in memory of my mom, in honor of my stepmom and in support of a cancer free future for myself, my children and all women everywhere. Please continue the crusade for a cure with me!
I run becuase I am an One Year Survivor/Warrior of early stage OVCA. The tumor on my right ovary was cancerous and found when I had emergency delivery of my twins in March of 2009. How can I describe what I felt, how devastated my family was? I am cancer free now and I want to raise awareness and money so others may never, ever feel the pain of this horrible disease.
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