I am running this year's NYC Marathon to honor those that have lost their lives to cancer including my father, aunt and two grandparents. I will be running to raise money for the Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF). Israeli scientists don't have the support of billions of dollars of research from institutions like the National Institutes of Health here in the United States. That is why I believe it is so important to support ICRF. My goal is to raise at least $3,600 for cancer research. I hope you will join me in supporting this great cause. The ICRF has funded over 2,700 grants totaling more than $87.5 million to scientists at leading Israeli institutions, making it the largest nongovernmental funder of cancer research in Israel.