Dear Friends and Family:
I am writing to share with you some exciting news and to ask for your support! I am running my first ever marathon this April in Boston and am honored to be running to raise funds for the Art beCAUSE Breast Cancer Foundation. The mission of Art beCAUSE is to fund research dedicated to eradicating the environmental causes of breast cancer. While my immediate family has not been affected by this disease, several extended family members, as well as numerous colleagues and friends, have. You can learn much more about the organization's mission, founders, and work at www.artbecause.org.
The personal challenge inherent in training for the Boston Marathon has taken on even more significance for me since learning about this unique organization and all of the good that it does. The thought that my run (26.2 miles - yikes!) together with your support will have a real impact in the fight against this disease is truly inspiring. Please share in this experience with me by making a donation to help me reach my $3,500 fundraising goal -- together we will make a difference!
You can make your tax-deductible donation securely online by credit card at www.artbecause.org (click on MAKE A $ DONATION at the bottom of the home page) or by mail by check payable to Art BeCAUSE (with my name on the memo line). You can either mail the check directly to Art BeCAUSE at P.O. Box 3025, Framingham, MA 01705-3025, or you can send it to me at 88 Cottage Street, Sharon, MA 02067.
Thanks in advance for your generous support. - Andrew
John R. Parsons, Jr. is the President and CEO for Parsons Commercial Group, Inc.
(PCG) based in Framingham, Massachusetts. Mr. Parsons has over twenty years of
professional experience in the commercial real estate industry as a real estate
investor and owner, developer and founder of Parsons Commercial Group, Inc.
Mr. Parsons has successfully built and acquired an impressive portfolio of over 30
properties totaling over 1,800,000 million square feet with a market value in
excess of $200,000,000. His portfolio includes a complementary blend of office,
industrial and retail properties.
Mr. Parsons has also built one of the top brokerage and property management
firms within the Suburban Boston Market. PCG's service lines include brokerage,
investment sales, property & asset management, development & construction
management as well as advisory services for both tenants and owners. PCG's
multi-disciplined services spans the major real estate sectors of office, industrial,
retail and development properties.
I am thrilled to be running my first Marathon on the Art beCAUSE Breast Cancer Foundation team.
Art beCAUSE Breast Cancer Foundation is dear to me since I have the pleasure of being the founder's daughter.
I've watched the foundation grow from a concept to a thriving foundation that has funded multiple grants to
research the link between environmental factors and breast cancer. To hear more of my story, please click
on the link below.
MY STORY
To make a secure online tax-deductible donation to my run, please click on
Donate To Rachel.
And to read about this organization, please visit the Art beCAUSE Breast Cancer Foundation website.
Thank you so much for your support.
-Rachel
Deirdre is an active mother of 3 even more active boys: Jeffrey (9), Liam (7) and Conor (4). Originally from New York, she now lives in Southborough, MA with her husband, Paul and their three sons. She received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University and her Master's degree from Rutgers University. Following graduate school, she worked for several years as a research scientist in the pharmaceutical industry before settling into her most recent career as a full-time mom.
Deirdre enjoys serving her community and spends much of her time volunteering at her boys' schools, coaching and cheering for their sports teams, and teaching their religious education classes. In addition to running, she makes time for many other sports and physical activities including softball, basketball, cross-country skiing and biking. She is excited to be training for her first-ever marathon and equally excited to be running to raise funds for the Art beCAUSE Breast Cancer Foundation. Deirdre dedicates her run on April 16th to all the courageous women and men who have fought and are fighting breast cancer and to their families who love and support them.
Read Dierdre's Fundraising Appeal.
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