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June 21, 2013

I googled "Training to Walk a Half Marathon"

The First Resolution I Ever Made That I Actually Stuck To

by. Carol Marcus

The first resolution that I made and actually stuck to unfortunately did not play out as perfectly as I had planned. On December 16, 2012, I set out to start training to walk the CCFA Team Challenge half-marathon in June 2013.

This decision came about immediately after we returned from the Las Vegas Team Challenge event where our son, Jake Marcus, and his friend Steve Ivanowski participated...

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June 21, 2013

Narragansett Summer Running Festival

Team Intestinal Fortitude to Participate in

Narragansett Summer Running Festival

by. Brian Teague

This summer, Team Intestinal Fortitude partners with Narragansett Beer Co. and Endurance Fitness Systems supported by Northeast Race Management to bring you the South Shore’s premier summer running event!

This inaugural race takes place on Sunday, July 21, 2013. Participants can choose to run a 5k, 10k, or half marathon, on a beautifully maintained course thr...

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June 10, 2013

Virginia Half Marathon and Gronk Clambake

Rob Gronkowski and Jake Marcus enjoy a laugh at the "Gronk Clambake"

By: Jake Marcus

Hi all, in the past few weeks Team Intestinal Fortitude has been pretty active. We have had two events for our organization and have been planning for more for this summer. Last weekend, we traveled to Loudoun County Virginia for the Wine Country Half Marathon with Team Challenge. This past Sunday, we enjoyed ourselves at the "Gronk Clambake" which was the featured auction item at our annual dinner event.

The Virginia Wine Country Half Marathon was our...

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March 27, 2013

Third Annual Team Intestinal Fortitude Event

By: Jake Marcus

Good day all. We are fresh off our Third Annual Auction and Raffle Event and it was definitely a success. The event started at 6:30PM on Thursday, March 14^th at Thorny Lea Country Club in Brockton, in the main ballroom. In past years, we hosted the event at L O C O Tapas Restaurant in Easton, MA which has served us as a great venue, but as we started to reach capacity in ticket sales we opted to move to a larger venue. Thorny Lea was definitely spacious wit...

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March 7, 2013

Dinner Event Around the Corner!

By: Jake Marcus

Hey everybody, I just wanted to give an update on what we’ve been doing the past few weeks as we zone in on the 3^rd Annual Team Intestinal Fortitude Dinner Event next Thursday, March 7^th. We have continued to sell tickets and expect a lot of people to be in attendance. We have also been pushing for continued auction and raffle items, which currently include gift cards, sports tickets, memorabilia, vacations, and many more. Along the same l...

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January 31, 2013

Kicking Off the Third Year of Fundraising!

By: Jake Marcus

Hi all, it’s been a long time since I’ve last updated this blog but that does NOT mean that Team Intestinal Fortitude hasn’t been active. In fact, it’s been quite the opposite as we embark on our third year of fundraising.

To close out 2012, we ran the Las Vegas Rock n’ Roll Marathon under Team Challenge. At every one of these events I meet great people and this year was no different. For all you Bachelor fans, this year we were given a bouq...

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November 9, 2012

Gillete Stadium Flag Football and Manchester marathon

By: Jake Marcus

Hey everybody, I haven’t posted a blog in a few months but I have a lot of exciting updates to write about…

First, I’d like to talk about a new young group that has been started in for the CCFA New England chapter. The official name is TBD but the initial name was “Young Professionals Club of CCFA” and now we are thinking of calling it the “CCFA Junior Board of Directors”. We held monthly meetings in the summer to get the ball rolling a little bit but now we off...

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August 15, 2012

Restroom Access Bill Passed!

It's been a while since I've posted but the big news is that the Restroom Access Bill (HB-2366) has passed in Massachusetts! My father and attorney (and now president of CCFA New England BOD), Stephen Marcus, played a large role in implementing this bill. With numerous e-mails to our Team Intestinal Fortitude team, he rounded up the troops in making the calls and spreading the word about this bill. Various other members, both on Team Intestinal Fortitude or friends, made an impact in gett...

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August 6, 2012

Fundraising the Family Way

A family that fundraises together, changes lives together. If you need proof, just ask Stephen Marcus and his Boston-based family. After his ulcerative colits was in remission for 30 years, Stephen's IBD returned but this time it was Crohn's. Stephen said it was then that his now 22-year-old son Jake Marcus began fundraising on behalf of Crohn’s research, and later participating in several Team Challenge events as an avid runner.

"Jake decided he would put together a team called Team Int...

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August 6, 2012

Bathroom access bill hailed as victory

The Eagle Tribune Fri Aug 03, 2012, 12:06 AM EDT

BOSTON – People with medical conditions who need to use the bathroom immediately will soon be allowed to use employee-only restroom facilities in Massachusetts if no public bathroom is available.

Gov. Deval Patrick’s signature on Wednesday made Massachusetts the 13th state to pass a so-called restroom access bill. According to the bill’s supporters, inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) such as Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis ma...

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