One of my close friends, Dan Hernandez, wrote me this morning to let me know of a fund-raising effort he’s undertaking to help his friend, Cindy Randi, in her battle with cancer. Aarti and I first met Cindy at Dan’s home when we lived in Savannah. She’s fun-loving and full-of-life, and a single mother of two children. Needless to say, the news of Cindy’s fight with cancer hit us both very hard.
I’ve received Dan’s permission to publish his e-mail.
Hello all,
Most of you by now have not only heard of the 100 for Cindy but have generously contributed to it.
I wanted to touch up on it again as the Boulder 100 is actually within site now. Next month, on October 18th I will begin running the Boulder 100 at 9am and, hopefully complete the race in less than 30 hours.
My ultimate goal is 24 hours but at this stage, I just want to complete the 100 miles in less than 30 hours.
As you all know all of the money collected will be given to Cindy Randi, a good friend of mine that has struggled three times with cancer. Twice she has suffered cancer in the past 21 months.
Not only has the cancer stricken her body it has hit her hard financially.
What I am asking of each of you is to not only make a contribution (large or small – any amount you feel comfortable with) but also to forward this information to people you know. Hopefully, this information will find its way all over the country and Cindy will reap a nice cushion to help her through her rough spot. Contributions can be made online on the website through Paypal and, it is quite secure.
I chose a 100 mile run as a fund raiser because I wanted to do something very consuming and challenging physically and mentally – something that I wasn’t going to easily get through. In a way, I wanted this race to be symbolic to the fight with cancer that so many people we love have gone through. On October 19th, though, my challenge will be over and two weeks later I’ll be running marathons again but for Cindy the battle will still go on.
And even though the cancer is not in Cindy’s body any longer she will still have to deal with mounting bills, poor health, and the uncomfortable feeling of having no hair on her head or eye brows and such.
With my training and run I hoped to bring attention to Cindy’s plight and move all of you to contribute — not just financially, but by posting your own encouraging comments, stories about your own cancer journey, tips on training for a race, or anything you believe may help our collective cause.
The outpouring of generosity and good will has been so amazing. Its been very moving and I thank you all whole-heartedly for not just your contributions but your prayers and thoughts and encouragement along the way.
The training for the 100 for Cindy has been very grueling and challenging so far but so very fulfilling too. So many times during my long runs I have felt like I’m falling apart and could not possibly push out another mile and then I think of all the support and encouragement I’ve gotten from so many of you and it has literally given me that strength to pull off another long run. I know that on race day I am going to need all of your prayers and thoughts to pull me through and I know that I’ll get it.
Please take a few minutes to check out the site and please forward this to others you know.
On Saturday, October 25th, 2008, I will be handing all of the money collected to Cindy and having a party at my place where I’ll hand her a great big ol’ check.
You can check out my Running Journal for updates on my training and what-have-you.
I hope you will continue to check out this site to monitor our progress along the way.
Again, here’s the website:
http://danlhernandez.com/cindy/
Please forward this email or the website to others you know.
Thank you all so much.
Dan Hernandez
I want to do my part to help. So, all PCW guest-star comic commissions that I receive from Sept 2nd through October 2nd will go towards helping Cindy out. Thank you for helping me help my friend!
-Krishna
