2025 Beneficiaries
KELLEY RE
Kelley’s journey is one of strength, perseverance, and hope. At just 32 years old, she was diagnosed with Stage 2 Triple Negative Breast Cancer in January 2025 after discovering a lump on Christmas Day. Since then, she has faced this aggressive disease head-on, completing 16 rounds of chemotherapy by July and undergoing surgery in August, with radiation next.
Kelley has always lived life with passion and purpose. A lifelong runner, she achieved a dream by completing the Chicago Marathon in 2022. In 2023, a mid-foot fracture repair forced her to relearn how to walk and run, but she refused to give up. By September 2024, she was back to running five miles—a huge victory. Just one month later, she and her husband gave back by volunteering for Miles for Moms, supporting women with breast cancer. She never imagined that only a few months later, she would be walking that same road.
Today, Kelley is focused on recovery and her dream of becoming a mom. Before treatment began, she underwent IVF for fertility preservation, ensuring hope for the future. But the financial burden of medical bills and fertility treatments has been overwhelming. Your support will help relieve that burden and remind Kelley that she is not alone in this fight. With your help, she can focus on healing and look forward to the day she crosses another finish line—stronger than ever.
“I’d rather live a life full of moments where I say, ‘I can’t believe I did that,’ than ‘I wish I would have done this.’”
A NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT
In September 2020, my mom Rachel was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer for a second time.
As an avid runner, I decided in the days after her diagnosis to start a Miles for Moms fundraiser in the hopes of helping to fund Rachel’s treatments and bring awareness to a disease that affects 1 of every 8 U.S. women. I started out by running one mile for every US$25 raised throughout the month of October, ending with a total of 256 miles trekked and a combined US$7,500 raised for Rachel’s care and breast cancer research.
In October 2021, we successfully launched the global edition of Miles for Moms with over 100 participants! Over the past three years, we collectively have run 1,535 miles and raised US$19,000 for NBCF, Susan G. Komen and our beloved friend, Fredelyn.
A big thank you to everyone who made the past four years a huge success! We can’t wait for you to join us this year at the DCR Great Brook Farm State Park in Carlisle, MA or virtually to DIRECTLY SUPPORT OUR BENEFICIARIES fighting breast cancer.
- Candice Lanzoni, President of Miles for Moms
