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

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