Brooke Stanford, a college runner who lost her mother to pancreatic cancer, uses running as a way to cope with grief and raise funds for Project Purple, a nonprofit focusing on pancreatic cancer research. As she prepares for the Boston Marathon, she highlights the emotional relief found in running and the connection it brings to her mother’s memory. Many students will also participate in the marathon to support causes dear to them, fostering a community of compassion and activism against cancer.
"It wasn't until my junior year that I discovered something that really helped with the release of my emotions. The one thing that really helped was running."
"I knew I would want to run for some sort of cancer research organization, but I didn't think that there would be one so fitting to what I had been through."
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