And the Total is...

$40,250!

Thank you to everyone who donated, walked and helped make the 2015 Promises for Purple Walk for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness our most successful one yet!

Thank You To All Participants and Sponsors

Our sincere thank you to the following for their support of Promises for Purple Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Walk 2015:

OASIS Day Spa
ONE, Duxbury
Joe Catalano & Quincy Access TV
Quincy High School Skills Students
Race Wire
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
Rock.Paper.Scissors, Duxbury
Kristina Scafani, Licensed Acupuncture
C.J Shaughnessy Crane
Sportsworks Ltd
TD Garden
The Catered Affair
The Hair Solution
The Purple Store
Town of Braintree
Vin and Eddie’s Restaurant & Catering
United Church of Christ Senior High Youth Group
Storybook Cove
Weymouth Dog Shop
Whole Foods, Weymouth
Woodward School For Girls

Alba Restaurant
Boston Red Sox Charitable Foundation
Braintree High School Class of 1965
Buttonwood Books & Toys
Clear Channel Outdoor
Dalton Water
Dairy Queen, Weymouth
Debbie Vaughn
Denly Gardens
Dragonfly Yoga
Fedele's Candy
Fran O’Brien/Pepperidge Farm
Friends of Promises for Purple
Fratelli’s Pastry
Gail Belaief
Hope’s Closet Boutique
IBEW Local 103, Electrical Union
Hyatt Regency
MassDOT
Natura Salon
New England Patriots Charitable Foundation
Norwell High School Varsity Cheerleaders
Norwell High School Decibelles

SPECIAL THANKS TO
Dana Farber Cancer Institute/The Jimmy Fund for their partnership with American Airlines, the Museum of Fine Arts and Boston Red Sox, which provide charitable donations to non-profit organizations, like Promises for Purple

Dough Raiser at UNO Pizzeria & Grill on Nov. 1st

UNO Pizzeria & Grill at 250 Granite Street, Braintree, MA (next to the South Shore Plaza) will donate 15-20% of your check to pancreatic cancer research at Dana Farber Cancer Institute on Sunday, November 1st! Includes dine-in, take-out and bar/lounge sales. Just download the flyer and present it to your server.

A Visit with Dr. Wolpin

Today, we traveled into Boston to DFCI to meet with Dr. Brian Wolpin to learn about his most recent discoveries, research developments, and goals for the future. To honor and thank him, we presented him with a framed collage from the Light Boston Purple campaign.

Researchers Identify Early Sign of Pancreatic Cancer

Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and other institutions have discovered a sign of the early development of pancreatic cancer – an upsurge in certain amino acids that occurs before the disease is diagnosed and symptoms appear. The research is being published online today by the journal Nature Medicine.