October 9, 2005 I completed the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon in memory of Drago Radojlovic (picture on left), my best friend's dad whose life was cut short by leukemia in 2003. Drago and local honorees were my motivation and inpiration as I trained and raised funds totalling $5000. Honorees are local individuals personally affected by a blood-related cancer, they are the true heroes, they face an even greater challenge and need your help.

Meet some of our local honored patients, you can click on their images to read their bios:

	Philip: age 5 acute lymphocytic leukemia
	Juliana:age 10 acute lymphoblastic leukemia
	Iggy: age 27 Hodgkin’s disease
	Derek: age 30 Hodgkin’s disease
	Gillian: age 41 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
	Dave: age 45 Myelofibrosis