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Time flies. I cannot believe I have completed THREE Swim Across America Boston Harbor Swims. Despite being a life long swimmer I had never set foot in an open water swim until my first Swim Across America (SAA) Boston Harbor Swim in 2008.

Like CFCF, SAA is a highly effective, driven, game-changing organization that empowers swimmers everywhere to join the war on cancer. The SAA Boston event is led by the charismatic and effective team of Janel Jorgenson and Kitty Tetrault. Janel was recently honored alongside CFCF’s Founder Nancy Lindholm at MGH’s One Hundred Event.

In 2008 I was so nervous - what goggles would I chose, would I be able to swim in a wetsuit, had I packed enough cloths to keep warm, would there be sharks, etc….? This year I was not the least bit concerned about goggles, wetsuit, sharks (ok, so maybe I was still nervous about the sharks…). Instead I was confident to face the 22 miles and whatever obstacles ahead with my teammates.

For me this year was special for another reason. Joining the event this year was a younger swimmer that I have coached for many years. After the event she enthusiastically reported, “ Not only was it an extremely fun team-bonding experience, but it made me realize that I can easily make a difference simply by doing something that I love. Hopefully I can do it again next year, and in a couple years partake in the Boston Harbor Swim.”

I have always been involved in team competitive swimming – growing up on an age group swim team, captaining the MIT Varsity team, coaching community swim teams. It is wonderful to be a part of a a different team – but like all teams, working together we can prevail. On this team I am joined by previous teammates: my husband Nick and his brother Nate, my college swim coach, and other friends but also NEW teammates and those that I have come to deeply admire and respect.

Ralph Berry has been doing SAA since 1997. On a boat filled with Olympians and swimming legends – Ralph is the one that commands the most respect. Ralph embodies Swim Across America. On competing in the 22 mile swim, Ralph was quoted saying "When I want to stop, I draw on the extra strength of all of those affected by cancer and of the kids that signed the swim cap. I feel super charged – I feel that power."

I am so proud to have joined the Swim Across America Team to eradicate cancer by doing something that I love.

Will you join our team? Join the Caring for Carcinoid Foundation by doing something that YOU love for the ones YOU love. Visit the CFCF website to find a event in your area.

I hope you all will post below the ways you are fighting for a cure!

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