Wellesley firefighter Joanie Cullinan’s Shave Your Head for Heroes in Red buzz-off event at the fire station raised awareness for the kind of occupational cancer Cullinan is dealing with and raised $22K last weekend from sponsors and those getting their heads shaved. Cullinan thanked the community, including friends, coworkers and plenty of people she didn’t know.
Separately, just in time for this year’s Wellesley Turkey Trot and fresh off her New York Marathon finish, Wellesley cancer thriver and Carol Chaoui is the subject of a Runner’s World article documenting her bouts with cancer and massive fundraising efforts to support metastatic cancer awareness and research.
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