Mary Catherine Huston's Fundraising Page

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In 2021, as I was beginning my life long dream of completing my Bachelor of Social Work, I was eagerly awaiting surgery. Yes, eagerly. After years upon years of battling Endometriosis, I was finally to have surgery to regain my life and functioning. Alas, what was supposed to be the start of the end of my Endometriosis  journey became the start of my cancer journey; by happenstance the surgeons located a Follicular Lymphoma in my duodenum. 

The gravity and weight of that phone call during what was still COVID lockdown, resonates still. I had to put down the receiver at 5 pm on a Friday and put on my mama face. I thought about my twin daughters, my family and loved ones - there was so much unknown at the time. How could I live my best life under this new illness? Would I get to see my daughters grow up? Was I still me? 

I was SO incredibly fortunate to have found Wellspring while I grappled with my new normal which consisted of tests, vigilance and hospital visits. I cannot underscore how their programming helped me to handle this most challenging of situations. My coach through the chronic cancer program literally changed my life and I left the program with a renewed outlook. I was experiencing a lot of medical trauma and this program helped me to manage this effectively. How do you pay something like that forward? For me it was simple - by doing whatever I can to ensure these programs can keep running, expanding and reaching others. 

In these moments of character definition, where the essence of who you want to be and what you want to achieve occur, we cannot turn away. Getting to stand up and participate in the Walk of Hope is a humbling moment for me. It is a moment of defiance - against this disease, against the limits it can impose. When I walk, I will stomp that runway for everyone who keeps fighting, for everyone that has lost their fight and for the countless others supporting their loved ones. 

On March 27, 2024, I will be walking the runway at Well Dressed for Spring in support of Wellspring Cancer Support Foundation at Yorkville Village.

This event will help raise funds for the cancer support programs and services that Wellspring provides, at no cost, to individuals and families living with cancer. Please help me reach my fundraising goal, so that together we can make a difference in the lives of Wellspring members.

Thank you for your generous support!