The Marr fund team is participating in the Maine Marathon on October 6th to raise funds for the Josephine and John Marr Alzheimer’s Research Fund at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. This is our 10th year of participating in this race and we have raised $4.9mm dollars to the fund thanks to 5,143 donors. 

Thanks to the support of friends like you, the Marr Fund has launched a generosity network. Since the fund was established:

The Marr Fund support is currently being directed to two key projects:

o The Genetic and Biological Roadmap to Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr. Tracy Young-Pearse is using stem cells to better understand genetic risk in different people and identify paths toward novel treatments.o Resiliency to Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr. Rachel Buckley aims to identify the characteristics (genetic, lifestyle, brain health, demographics) that make some people more resilient to Alzheimer’s. She is also examining whether women are more vulnerable or resilient to Alzheimer’s compared with men.

As my nephew Matthew wrote in his testimonial "Alzheimer's leaves no survivors who can be advocates".  We, the loved one's who lost family to Alzheimer's, are the advocates for this disease.  For the 9th year, I run in honor and memory of, my mother Josephine Marr and for all those families who are suffering as they witness the tragic decline of a loved one with Alzheimer's Disease.

Thank you for joining us in this fight to prevent Alzheimer’s. Together we can make a difference—now and for future generations.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Abby Psyhogeos