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Jan Ross is the Director of The Jimmy Fund and Dana Farber Running Programs

March 11, 2021 • Mark Levine • Season 1 • Episode 46

Jan Ross is the Director of the Dana Farber- Jimmy Fund Running Program. In today's Podcast, Jan will talk about the beginnings of this program which was started as the Dana Farber Marathon Challenge in 1990, after a Harvard freshman decided that he wanted to raise money in memory of a friend, also a college freshman, who had passed away from cancer. With the help of his former coach, 1976 Boston Marathon winner Jack Fultz, he ran the marathon and raised $35,000. The Marathon Challenge has now raised $100 million dollars and has been joined by the BAA 5K, the Falmouth Road Race, the BAA Half Marathon, and the Run Any Race program, and those events combined with the Marathon Challenge, have raised $130 million dollars for the Jimmy Fund and Dana Farber.