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Myriam Glotman
 When Myriam started training for the New York Marathon she had not counted on running in the race only two months after her mother died from pancreatic cancer.
“It was really tough, especially near the end,” she recounts. “My mother’s cancer was just devastating for our whole family. However, training for the marathon was therapeutic, it helped clear my mind.”
The next year Myriam ran the New York Marathon again but made it a fundraiser for pancreatic cancer research and dedicated the run to her mother’s memory. “People I didn’t even know donated,” Myriam says. “I could not have done it without my husband, Geoff, who helped me raise a lot of the money.”
“Pancreatic cancer research is one of the least funded cancers around,” she adds. “I knew I had to do something.”
Working with the BC Cancer Foundation, Myriam set up a customized webpage, and e-mailed her friends and colleagues. “It was an incredibly easy way to fundraise. The BC Cancer Foundation staff was really supportive. The program is fantastic in that you can reach a wide number of people and they can make their donation instantly online and get a tax receipt right away. It keeps track of the donations for you.”
Myriam raised a total of $30,000. It was used to create the Betty Ergas Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund, to support a new pancreatic cancer research program started at the BC Cancer Agency.
And the fund will keep on growing. Myriam’s brother Alfonso is getting married and he plans to use the BC Cancer Foundation’s new wedding program to fundraise. Wedding guests are offered the option of making a donation rather than giving a wedding gift.
Myriam and her brother are glad they can do something to keep their mother’s memory alive and help others afflicted with pancreatic cancer.
To contribute to pancreatic research at the BC Cancer Agency call Sharon Kennedy at 604-877-6160 or e-mail: skennedy@bccancer.bc.ca
Giving Online - Did you know that you can create your own personal home page to fundraise for the BC Cancer Foundation in honour of a loved one or In Celebration of a wedding or special occasion? Visit BC Cancer Foundation In Celebration pages to find out how, and to see examples of other personal pages.
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