Help Matt raise money

Hello Family & Friends,

We are back for year #8, with our biggest team yet. Please welcome 1st time Falmouth Road Runners Maggie & Johnny McCarthy, John Zimmerman, and James Pembroke as the five of us team up with Team Cure SMA for the 50th running of the Falmouth Road Race. The 5 of us are very excited to run for such a great cause. To make our fundraising simple, we are sharing this page, so any donation made here will support all of us.

This is an exciting time to be a part of the Cure SMA team, as strides are always being made for treating Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Spinraza continues to work its magic for new borns and older patients as well. William (a recent graduate of Colby College, congrats Will!) receives Spinraza every 4 months, and notices small improvements after each visit. Over time, those small increases add up to make a huge difference, and we all love Will's attitude to be a little bit better today than yesterday. The five of us are certainly inspired by his outlook, and it serves as a great reminder for all of us: to make significant progress in any endeavor takes time, and we will continue to battle for these small improvements one day at a time.

Every donation counts, and we are thankful for any gift you consider. Every dollar helps fuel research that leads to breakthroughs like Spinraza, and helps warriors like Will to live a little easier. In 2015, the 1st year Will and I teamed up with Cure SMA, Spinraza was not available. This is a great example of the strides we can make together, and why we are so excited to come back year after year.

While the goal posted on this page is a dollar figure, our goal every year is to have more donor names on this page than ever before. That is our team goal. The money is important for funding breakthroughs like Spinraza, but to have the support of great people, to know there are others pulling for you when the going gets tough, that is the most meaningful donation of all.

We hope you consider a gift to our efforts. I look forward to the Falmouth Road Race with Cure SMA every August, and wouldn't do it without the continued support of great family and friends like you.

Thank you so much for your time and consideration. Together, we will find a cure.