The Goal
Pledge the amount of miles you can run by December 12th, 2012, then raise $1 for every mile pledged!

The Story
On June 10^th 2011, I learned my mother Anne Hatkoff was diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Carcinoma. We Ran For Anne was born that day: I decided to fight this disease with her. We're a non-profit website dedicated to bringing an end to this devastating disease by asking our friends, family, and anyone who has been affected by cancer to pledge to run a certain amount of miles by 12/12/12 - my mother's birthday. On that day, we're donating every penny raised to The American Cancer Society in her name.

How can you help?
1)   Donate an amount of your choice now to support the fight against cancer
2)   Pledge to run as many miles as you can between 12/12/11 and 12/12/12, and fundraise by having friends, co-workers, and family members sponsor you. If you run 50 miles, one person could sponsor 15 of them ($15) and another could sponsor 35 ($35). Direct them here to learn more and contribute!
3)   Spread the site link with Facebook, Twitter, carrier pigeon, Google+, email - however you can!

I'm running for Anne.
Who are you running for?

NEWS

Happy birthday Anne!!

December 12th- It may be 12/13 on the east coast but here on the west coast it is still 12/12/12 and the donations keep coming in. Thank you Andy Stokan for your donation and putting us over $5,400. In the last 24 hours or so we have raised over $2000!!!! That is unreal!

December 12th- Thank you Jen Baker for donating!! It is simply amazing what you have all done today! We are over $5,370! Amazing!

December 12th- Thank you Courtney Hesch for being our latest donator and putting us over $5,300!!! Thank you Sara Beck for your donation!! I can't believe the donations just keep rolling in.

December 12th- Well here we go again!! More donations!! Thank you Mary Castillo, Jessica and Paul Fedor, Jen Kasmin, and Joy and Glenn Beck!! There really is nothing to say, this is amazing!!

December 12th- I know you must be sick of the constant updates, but really today has been amazing. Thanks to Eve E Klajbor we just hit $5,000 raised to help support cancer research.

December 12th- With the latest donation for Joe Catanzaro and Becky Brown we have now raised $4,925! That shatters every goal I have ever dreamed of. It also means we are only $75 away from $5,000!!!!! That is more than I could imagine when I started with this. Lets hope we can reach it! This is simply overwhelming! Thank you Kolleen Figiel for your donation!

December 12th- Wow! Thanks to Alex Watt and Meredith Hudak, our two latest donators! We are now over $4,600! Simply amazing! I can't even keep up! Thanks Scott Yacyshyn for your donation!!!

December 12th- Well I don't know what to say. Thank you to Paul Gulyas and David Futernick who donated almost simultaneously to put us over the $4500 mark. I feel like any goal I set you guys just run straight through quicker than I can imagine. I am speechless. 

December 12th- Wow, the donations just keep coming! You guys are amazing!! A huge thank you to Athanasios Satrazemis, Karen Murray, Kate Hatkoff, Heather Fontaine, Jaime Beler and Kristen Maru for all your donations! The out pouring of support and generosity is truly unmatched!! Everyone keep it up, we still have the rest of the day to see what heights we can reach. DONT FORGET TO WISH ANNE A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY!

December 12th- First of all, Happy Birthday Anne!!! Everyones generosity is amazing. A huge huge massive thank you to Akshar Patel for making his second donation to We Ran for Anne and putting us over the goal of $4,000!!! It is simply amazing what we could do in a year in honor of Anne and all the other loved ones in our lives who are fighting or have fought cancer! There is still 24 hours left, what else can we do with this time!! 

December 11th- You guys are really stepping it up yet again!! A massive thank you to Kevin McCarthy and Erin Regan for their donations tonight! We are so very very close to the goal of $4000. Lets see if we can make it happen in the next 24 hours!

December 11th- The miles and the donations keep coming in! Thank you to our latest donators, Shayne and Kate Coriano, Matt Pollock, and Wilson The Bear!! Don't forget you still have the rest of tonight and all day tomorrow the run and enter your last miles and send in your final donations!! Let us make this last day (which is Anne's birthday by the way) and huge day in her honor!!! She has been an incredibly brave and tough woman this past year and continues to fight her cancer! Wish her a happy birthday and make this last day huge!!

December 11th- We just passed the $3,500 mark!! We Ran For Anne ends tomorrow so don't forget to track your last minute miles, enter your final donations, and tell anyone and everyone around you about the site! We have done great things but I know there is a little more left in everyone!!

December 4th- Thanks to our latest donator, Susan Brennan!! Keep up the good work everyone. We have just over 1 week left, so get your last minute donations in and run your final miles! Lets go everyone!

November 26th- First of all, a huge thanks to our two latest donators, Sheila and Luke Moseley. Thank you so much for your donations. A late big thank you to Joe Sabia, who's donation just cleared for whatever reason!!! We have 14 days left everyone. We are very very close to raising $3,500. I think we can surpass that and reach the 4,000 dollar mark. Keep spreading the word and let us make one final push of running and donations to help stop cancer in its tracks!!!

November 12th- Sorry for the lack of updates on the page. I want you to know your hard work pledging miles, running, raising and donating money, has not gone unnoticed. We have raised a lot of money for cancer research that will be donated in Anne's name in one short month. That is right, there is only one month left until Anne's next birthday! We have 30 days left to get ourselves into gear and see how many more miles we can run and more money we can raise. Let's really ramp this up for a final 30 day push. Start running again and start spreading the word and collecting some more money!! I can't wait to see where we will be on 12/12/12!!!

June 12th- Today is the 6 month anniversary of the start of WeRanForAnne. Over the past 6 months we have had 17,953 miles pledged, 1,860 miles run, and $3,180 raised! That is an amazing 6 months everyone!!! Imagine what we can do in the next 6 months!

April 19th- We are finally updated!!!! Sorry it took so long, writing a dissertation+ our servers being upgraded =a major headache. Anyways, all your running totals are now up to date! In the last month we want to thank our latest runner John Golden for pledging a record 1,450 miles! We also want to thank our latest donator Akshar, with his generous donation we are well above $3,000 raised!!! Keep up the running and fundraising everyone!! 

March 22nd- Relay for Life is having an event April 28th-29th on the Stony Brook Campus, would any of you runners in the area be interested in being part of a We Ran For Anne team at this event? Let me know ASAP!

March 18th- Well we were just a few hours late but we broke the 1,000 mile mark! That is a huge milestone, I am so proud of all of you! Next up 2,000 miles and $3,500 raised. Now that it is getting nicer the running has picked up which means we only need to step up our fundraising game! Congratulations on everything you have already accomplished! 

March 17th- A massive thank you to Cecile Hatkoff for her donation of $500! That makes her our largest single donator to date! With her donation we passed out goal of $2,500 by Saint Patrick's Day. We are so very very close to our 1000 mile goal so keep up the running!

March 14th- Thank you Helmut (our first international donor and runner) for donating and pledging to run! Also thank you to Donna for her donation! We now have over $2400 raised and 16,500 miles pledged! Remeber our goal is to hit 1000 miles run and $2500 raised by St. Patrick's Day. We are almost there!!

March 11th- Huge thanks to our latest donation from Becky Brown. Her donation has put us over $2,300! Also a giant thank you to our newest runners Kristina, Katie, and Edward! On top of all that a big congratuations to Trisha for being our second runner to break the 100 mile mark. We are getting so very close to our goals of 1,000 miles and $2,500 by March 17th. Keep spreading the word, keep running, and keep raising money everyone!!

March 9th- Brian Doyle our latest runner has put us over 16,000 miles pledged! Thank you! We are getting very close to the goal of 1,000 miles run by March 17th. If everyone goes out and runs 2 miles by then we will blow it out of the water! Why not try to raise $5 in that time too! Keep it up guys!

Feb 27th- Thank you to Candice our latest donator who put us over $2,200!! We have done some great things so far! We have also passed to 700 mile mark. The 1,000 mile mark is just over the horizon. What do you say we run past it by St. Patrick's Day? Lets do this!!

Feb 15th- We now have over 15,000 miles pledged thanks to our latest runner, Robin Tobin! Now that spring is right around the corner, I have a feeling the miles are going to start pouring in!

Feb 14th- Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Hope you are spending it with friends and family! A shout out to Becky Brown, our first runner to top the 100 mile mark!!

Jan 27th- Congratulations everyone! We have passed the 500 mile mark!!!

Jan 17th- Mini MILEstone! We have collectively run 400 miles together! We have had a great start so far, I can't wait to see what it is like when it finally gets nice out!

Jan 5th- The donations are starting to roll in again! Thank you Steve!

Jan 4th- We have our first donor of 2012! Thank you Margaret for your donation!

Jan 4th- Running update! As a collective group we have already run to Baltimore Maryland. We have made our stops in NYC and Philly already. Maybe we should check out the inner harbor? Unfortunately we will be long gone before the baseball season starts!

Jan 1st- Happy New Year to everyone! What a better way to start a new year than with a little run and spreading the word about our website!

Dec 25th- Merry Christmas to everyone out there! I hope everyone takes this time to spend with family, friends, and loved ones and has a wonderful day!!

Dec 17th- WE JUST RAISED OVER $2000 IN LESS THAN A WEEK!!! Thank you to our latest donor Tracey for putting us over that mark!

Dec 16th - A big thank you to famiy friend John McCarthy for his donation today, and Leah and Doris for their generous donations, too!

Dec 15th- Our movement seems to be unstoppable. People can't wait to be a part of it! We have had one person pledge miles so far; thanks Kate! Congratulations to Becky for putting us over the 100 mile mark!

Dec 14th- The donations and pledges keep rolling in. So far today we have had FIVE Rachel, Sheila, Geada, Paul and Lu-Ann, and Jen donate and FOUR people pledge miles; Amy, Sean, Samantha and Azad! Lets keep this up!

Dec 13th- 12,500 miles pledged. Yes, that is one half the distance around the equator. You know; in case that sounds more impressive.

Dec 13th- The pledging and donations just keep coming! This morning we have already had TEN donations from Eileen, Maragret, Patti, Hans, Katrina, Melissa, Kelley, Emily, Daniel, and Stephen!!! Not only that but people keep pleding miles- so far we have had ELEVEN  people pledge; Colby, Rich, Eileen, Erin, Limor, Megan, Stephanie, Meredith,  Justin, Kathryn, and Allison. Thank you so much guys, you are amazing!!

Dec 12th - Wow!! EIGHTEEN donations in the past 5 hours - from Dane, Bill, Lauren, Anonymous, Danielle, Brittany, Emily, Stacey, Noah, Krystal, Jayel, Carolyn, Richard, Katrin, Deb, Corrine, Erica and Jorge, and ELEVEN new mile pledges - from Brittany, Veena, Barb, Molly, Krystal, Gina, Matthew, Pat, David, Lawton & Courtney. Thanks so much, you guys!!

Dec 12th - Only a few hours until the official launch - visit the Facebook group to upload a video about why you're running & who for, and we'll feature it on the "Our Heroes" page!

Dec 12th - Check out runner Erin's blog, Shin Splints & Side Cramps. Side note: her dog is unbearably cute.

Dec 12th- Happy birthday to Anne!! May it be a wonderfully happy one!

Dec 11th - Tomorrow at 8:00pm EST time spread the word about our site on facebook so that when Anne logs on she sees all the support!

Dec 11th - Thanks to Daniel Shafer for the latest donation!

Dec 9th - Trisha Kasmin pledges 1,000 miles, putting the total miles at almost 9,000

Dec 9th - This is me and my mother on the right. This site is dedicated to her and her ongoing battle against cancer. I may be clowning around in that picture but there is no clowning around when I run. This disease and this 1000 miles in front of me and the 8700 miles in front of us all has no idea what it is about to get hit with. 

Dec 6th - New York Yankees 2nd Baseman Chuck Knoblauch and his wife retweet WeRanForAnne!

Dec 1st - Soft launch of the site at 2:00PM was a huge success - so many people donated miles, tweeted and checked out the Facebook group