13th Annual Miracles for Myeloma 5K Hybrid 5K Run/Walk
September 13, 2025
We are Making Miracles!!
13th on the 13th!
On behalf of the Miracles for Myeloma committee, and the International Myeloma Foundation, we would like to thank each and every one of you for your support, your time, and your generous donations. We are so incredibly grateful for your dedication and commitment!
YOU made this event special and a true success. We could not have done it without you. We look forward to making more Miracles with you and reaching our $1,000,000 mark in 2026.
Donations will continue to be accepted until December 28, 2025.
Donations are still being accepted.
Making a Difference by Working Toward Prevention and a Cure Together,
We are Making Miracles!!
Our Founding Story Of How We Began Our Journey Of Making Miracles For Myeloma
Sheree’s Story
It’s hard to believe that this will be our 13th year for Miracles for Myeloma 5K Race\Walk, and we have funded a total of 12 research grants and raised over $850,000! This year we will taking the hybrid route, where we will combine virtual as well as in person participation. The choice is up to you. My needs are just as strong as ever, to help raise money for research and awareness for multiple myeloma.
My personal story began almost 18 years ago in 2007, when I went to my primary care physician for my annual routine physical. This appointment turned out to be anything but routine! Imagine my surprise, confusion, and fear, when I was diagnosed with a disease that I never knew existed! This disease, multiple myeloma, is defined as an incurable cancer of the plasma cells.
After going through chemotherapy treatments and two stem cell transplants, I am currently in remission. However, my personal battle with myeloma is far from over, as there is no cure available yet! Of course, my goal is for a cure to be found, and this is why I was and will always be so passionate about reestablishing this annual race in conjunction with the International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) to help fund much needed research.
We are definitely helping to make Miracles for Myeloma. So with this in mind, let’s all try to help accelerate the cures, and give hope to myeloma survivors and their families. The Miracles for Myeloma committee invites you to join us along with the IMF to fight this deadly disease and to get to that finish line… the cure for multiple myeloma.
Gina’s Story
My brother, Frank Guarino, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in June of 2011. He passed
away just 18 months later, on December 31, 2012, at the age of 51.
When Frank was diagnosed, we had never heard of this disease but that changed after
countless trips to Hackensack University Medical Center, two stem cell transplants and several chemotherapy treatments. Frank was an avid runner since high school and he discussed wanting to raise money for multiple myeloma research by hosting a 5K race. His life was cutshort prior to seeing this goal emerge as a miracle.
Multiple myeloma is not a widely known cancer, but as fate would have it I met a wonderful person who was unfortunately dealing with the same disease as my brother. Within thehallways of my daughter’s preschool, Sheree Pask and I became instant friends whilediscussing our circumstances surrounding this rare form of cancer.
As a tribute to my brother Frank, during his funeral services, we included several of his racingnumbers along with many photos of him running throughout his life. Sheree and Ron Pask saw these tributes and asked if I would join them in creating a fundraising 5K race. To our amazement, with the support of family, friends, sponsors and dedicated runners throughout New Jersey, eleven 5K races successfully took place. Miracles for Myeloma has raised a combined total of over $850,000 within the past 12 years.
Together, we made a miracle happen!
If the Miracles for Myeloma Annual 5K would help save one family from enduring the
heartache this disease has caused my own family, this would be the biggest tribute I could give to my brother Frank. Please join the Miracles for Myeloma 5K committee in making the 13th Annual race on September 13, 2025 a race to remember
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