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My Uncle Don Parker is my hero, and my favorite uncle as well, who just never gave up on himself and others. And when he got sick and passed away with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in 2001, I was inspired to do a Team In Training (TNT) marathon in Honolulu, Hawaii, that same year in December 2001. I was only able to do 15 miles then, but now I've done eight TNT half marathon events, and this summer it will be my 20th anniversary for doing TNT. I am very happy and grateful to have known my Uncle Don and am still doing what I love most of all — walking/jogging for the cure. Thanks, Uncle Don! (1941 - 2001) 

Don

In Memory

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