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March for Marrow TX 2025
The Woodlands,Texas
Saturday, April 5, 2025
We invite everyone across the state of Texas to be with us in person or virtually as we celebrate being together, from Houston to El Paso and from Amarillo to Brownsville, from east to west and north to south.
Our 16th Annual March for Marrow will be held on April 5, 2025, at the beautiful Northshore Park, 2505 Lake Woodlands Dr, The Woodlands, TX.
The Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation provides education, support, and hope for patients living with aplastic anemia, myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) and related bone marrow failure diseases.
You can support the work of AAMDSIF by creating a team and joining us in-person on April 5, 2025. Can’t be there on April 5th? Support your favorite team as a virtual walker/runner, or simply donate to March for Marrow TX.
Our mission as Texas patients, family members and friends is to raise awareness about bone marrow failure diseases and funds for patient services,
research for better treatments and cures for these rare diseases!
Make a difference today. Don't delay!
Register online, create a team and walk or run with us April 5, 2025.
Thank You!
DETAILS
When
7:30 to 11:30 a.m., April 5, 2025, in-person OR virtually!
Raffle Drawing, 10:30 am, Saturday, April 5, 2025. For those of you buying tickets online the deadline for online purchases is Friday, April 4, 2025, at 11:00 am CDT. . https://rafflecreator.com/pages/45522/16th-annual-march-for-marrow-tx-in-the-woodlands.
Who
Patients, family members, friends and advocates, register online, tell your story and set a goal to support AAMDSIF! Any and all Texans are welcome to join us for the day as well!
Doctors, Nurses, Research Fellows – make this a fun, competitive run or walk with your colleagues. Most spirited or largest team gets a prize!!! Running time is optional.
Where
Together! At Northshore Park, 2505 Lake Woodlands Dr, The Woodlands, TX 77380. Or run or walk through your neighborhood wherever you live, on your treadmill, around your local Mall, or... donate and sleep in!
What
We can't say it often enough! Our mission is to raise awareness about rare bone marrow failure diseases and funds to support the patient & family services provided by AAMDSIF and research for better treatments and CURES!
Participants will receive a t-shirt, goodie bag and we will award medals for the winners of each age category!
Post your selfies at https://www.facebook.com/hopesteps.curetexas/! You can help us make this historic March for Marrow a huge success!
Raffle
The 2025 Raffle is taking shape with a lot of exciting prizes.
We are always looking for exciting items, experiences, or services with a Texas flair to offer our fans. If you know a spa/hotel, winery, museum or playhouse, jeweler, restaurant, or other business and can ask them for a donation, we can provide you with the proper paperwork to verify our non-profit status.
Registration Options
Adult Walker or Runner (Age 21+, non-students): $35 each
Student Walker or Runner (14 to 21 enrolled in high school or college): $20 each
Youth Walker (6 to 13): $10 each
Youth Runner (6 to 13): $15 each
Children 5 and under: Free - donations accepted
Team Pricing Available
Adult Team Discounts
Adult Running Teams of 5 or more (Age 21 and older); $30 each; Coach or Team Organizer download the form for Adult Team Registration and contact the Race Director.
Students Running or Walking Teams of 5 or more, $15 each; Coach or Team Organizer download the attached form for Student Team Registration and contact the Race Director.
Youth Running or Walking Teams of 5 or more, $12 each; Coach or Team Organizer download the attached form for Youth Team Registration and contact the Race Director.
Packet Pick-up
Packet and Bib Pick-Up is scheduled for Thursday,10am to 2pm, April 3, 2025, at Fleet Feet Sports, 1925 Hughes Landing Blvd, The Woodlands, Texas 77380. Everything will be available at Registration, Saturday, April 5.
Schedule
7:30 am - Walk & 5K Registration and Packet Pick-Up
7:30 am - Raffle Ticket Sales Open
8:00 am to 11:00 am - Team Cheers and Photos; Recognition of Sponsors, Teams, and Volunteers, Brave Little Soles Activities Available
8:30 am - Group Photo and 5K Start
8:40 am - Walk Start
9:15 am - Awards
10:15 am- End of Raffle Tickets Sales
10:40 am - Moment of Remembrance with 2025 Star Dianne Witter
11:00 am - End of Raffle & Announcement of Winners
11:30 am - Close & Invitation to M4M The Woodlands 2026
BJ's Restaurants & Brewhouses
Between now and April 5, 2025, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse (all locations) will donate 20% of your online or dine-in food and soft beverage purchases toward your team fundraising goal.
Plan now to kick off your team fundraising, celebrate a birthday or anniversary, or other special event at your local BJ’s. BJ's Restaurants & Brewhouse locations are everywhere in Texas! https://www.bjsrestaurants.com/locations
Promote through our Facebook and social media and yours: https://www.bjsrestaurants.com/community/fundraisers.
Stephanie Hamm can help.
FUNDRAISING LEADERBOARD
ABOUT
The Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation (AAMDSIF) is the world's leading nonprofit health organization for patients and families living with aplastic anemia, myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) and related bone marrow failure diseases.
The Foundation’s strength stems from the multi-faceted community it developed over 35+ years. AAMDSIF serves and educates the patient population and health professionals and provides financial support to clinical researchers searching for better treatments and cures.
AAMDSIF has been awarded the highest rating for transparency and results from Candid/Guidestar one of America’s largest independent charity evaluator. Only 1 percent of all American charities achieve this recognition for sound fiscal management and commitment to accountability and transparency.
PLANNING COMMITTEE
The Woodlands, TX event committee is a wonderful group of Texas volunteers who work together throughout the year to plan this event!
Thank you to our Planning Committee members for all of their hard work!
Contact Stephanie Hamm to join the next Planning Committee meeting on Zoom. We need your help!
Stephanie Hamm, Chair, Sponsorships & Business Engagement
Media & Marketing Chair
Rosalyn Jones-Waters, Community Relations
Janet ValVerde, Community Relations
Ron Duncan, Patient and Family Outreach
Bill Hamm, Web Page & Fundraising Support
Heather & Ron Porter, Volunteers Coordinators
Steve Olson, Logistics
Volunteers: Klein-Cain Honor Societies from 5 High Schools
VOLUNTEER
The success of this event depends on our volunteers. Our greatest need is help with social media and promotions. Our second greatest need is recruitment of exciting items for our raffle, each with a value of at least $50 and selling our raffle tickets. Our third greatest need is getting the word out with our fliers, our race cards and posters!
Contact Heather Porter with VOLUNTEER in the subject line. See our volunteer job description here!
2025 WALK STAR: Dianne Witter
I was diagnosed with aplastic anemia in 2001, when my son, Taylor, was in 3rd grade. Three years later, it progressed to high-risk, often terminal, MDS. As a single mom, my greatest hope was simply to live long enough to see Taylor graduate from high school; it was my singular focus during treatment
The doctors at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center tried many options. Eventually, they worked with the NIH to get me on a not-yet-approved medication through compassionate use—Vidaza. That drug later became a standard treatment for MDS.
After four months of taking Vidaza, my blood counts completely bottomed out so they took me off the drug and started a wait-and-see phase. My prospects were pretty dismal at that point. But over the coming months, my blood counts started rising, very slowly, but steadily up. It was was several years before I reached remission, and it was at least five more years before I stopped waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Was it the Vidaza that gave my life back? Random circumstance? I don't know why or how I'm still here, but I'm soaking up every last minute of it. Today, I’m 64 years old and have been in remission for over 15 years. They say MDS can only be cured by a bone marrow transplant, but so far I'm beating the odds big time. I not only got to be there for all of Taylor's childhood, I've been here for so much more - his college graduation, his marriage to my amazing daughter-in-law, Amaris, and the birth of their identical twins.
These days, I’m better known as “Jamma” to two smart, funny 3-year-olds, Felix and Link, who keep me on my toes and focused on the present. I'm thrilled that I'm still here on this magical planet, and I'm down for the adventure as long as it lasts!
2025 CELEBRITY STARTER: Gelena Scally, motiv Fitness, The Woodlands
Gelena "G" Scally has been a part of The Woodlands community for ten years where she owns and operates boutique fitness studio motiv FITNESS:The Woodlands and Define Audio Video. She is passionate about connecting with her community by helping them achieve their health and fitness goals and changing the AV world through quality design and service!
Gelena has supported March for Marrow since its first event in The Woodlands in 2019 with her skills as an Emcee, her connections in The woodlands community, and her commitment to non-profit and volunteer driven campaigns.
M4MTX The Woodlands is happy to have Gelena back as our Emcee for our 16th Annual 5K and walk. We know that she will add the pizzazz and energy we need for our first back-together event in three years.
National Sponsors
Bronze
Regional Sponsors
Texas Title
Texas Champion
Texas Partners
Texas Patient Allies
Texas Neighbors
Texas Friends
Raffle
Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation
(800) 747-2820 | (301) 279-7202 | 4330 East West Highway, Suite 230 | Bethesda, MD 20814 | marchformarrowhous@gmail.com
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(800) 747-2820 | (301) 279-7202 | 4330 East West Highway, Suite 230 | Bethesda, MD 20814 | events@aamds.org
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Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation
(800) 747-2820 | (301) 279-7202 | 4330 East West Highway, Suite 230 | Bethesda, MD 20814 | events@aamds.org
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Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation
(800) 747-2820 | (301) 279-7202 | 4330 East West Highway, Suite 230 | Bethesda, MD 20814 | events@aamds.org
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