Team Bigelow has been Waging Hope since 2008, when Elaine and Susan first participated in a 5k run in Richmond to honor Doug's memory.  Since then, the survival rate for pancreatic cancer has crept up from about 4 percent to 13 percent, but it's still way too low for the 60,000 Americans who will be diagnosed in 2025. 

Team Bigelow keeps remembering and honoring Doug and the other family members we have lost to pancreatic cancer, Joe and Helen Okula, and Shirley Okula, by lacing up our running shoes  - this is our 14th "official" PurpleStride since 2010. The year  2025 marks another anniversary, that we can't quite believe. It  marks the 20th year since Doug's passing on Dec. 24, 2005. Twenty years.

In the last few years Team Bigelow has placed in the top ten teams for PurpleStride Maryland. Can you help us get there again this year? 

Thank you for donating!  Doug once said "I never see a reason not to smile" - and he'd be smiling now in thanks of your donation.  We forever believe in love and hope.