Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation

Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
383 Main Avenue, 5th Floor
Norwalk, CT  06951

Alicia O’Neill
GreatRaces@themmrf.org
203.858.9348

www.themmrf.org

Join the MMRF PowerTeam and support the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF), recognized as one of the most significant innovators in cancer research. Founder Kathy Giusti was just named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World, recognition for her leadership and the MMRF's transformational way of developing and conducting medical research and drug development.

The work of the MMRF is dramatically improving the outlook for patients with multiple myeloma.  Since its inception 14 years ago, the life span of a myeloma patient has more than doubled.  The treatments being developed with funds from the MMRF are now being explored as treatment for 30 other cancers. The MMRF directs an exemplary 90% of funds raised to research and related programming, consistently earning the foundation ranking in the top 1% of all charities by  the nation's leading charity evaluators, like Charity Navigator.

B.A.A. Moment 5

1977 - Bob Hall Becomes the First Person to Complete the Race in a Wheelchair

Shown here in 1977, Bob Hall pioneered the division when he became the first person to complete the race in a wheelchair in 1975, making good on his promise to finish in under three hours.