Komen Global Race for the Cure

Sharon Rapoport and John Anderson of The Farm were honored to attend a special reception held by the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure folks at their Washington DC office to launch their first Global Race for the Cure. We met incredible women from Egypt to Greece to Germany to South Africa, who will be spearheading Race for the Cure events in their respective countries this year. Sharon walked with fellow cancer survivors (which included John's sister, Mary Enright and Sharon's close friend/fellow survivor Brenda Foster) in the Breast Cancer Survivors hero walk, and then joined 50,000 supporters to walk the 5k event on Saturday. John ran. It was an incredible experience.

What a Difference a Day Makes

Today, our beloved Creative Director and breast cancer survivor Sharon Rapoport celebrates her 7th anniversary since she received her last chemo treatment at NYU Medical Center the day after 9/11/2001. That's right. Sharon got her last treatment just around the block from where the World Trade victims were being brought and accounted for the Day After.

She is our hero at The Farm. Sharon is cancer-free, and is very active with Susan G. Komen For the Cure. She's been diligently lobbying US Senators and Congressmen on Capitol Hill to allocate more money towards breast cancer treatment and research. She helped co-found a new Komen chapter in Virginia where she sits on the board, and for whom she created an incredible regional campaign which will go public next month as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

We are so happy to have her with us, every minute of every hour of every day. She is doing an incredible job as a Mom, raising two boys (Seth and Isaac) who were 7 and 5 when she was first diagnosed, who are now 15 and 12. She is our sunshine that gives light to everyone and everything she does. She is what makes us grow.