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Photos Will Make You Wish You Ran for Cancer

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Photos Will Make You Wish You Ran for Cancer
On Sunday, March 9, the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research posed as cheerleaders to don purple pom-poms and encourage thousands of runners in the LA Marathon. An official charity for the LA Marathon, the Foundation rallied lots of volunteers and provided a peppy cheering squad to uplift runners and walkers as they grew nearer to the finish line just a few miles away. These photos by Angela_Daves-Haley will make you feel like you were there cheering, too.

On Sunday, March 9, the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research posed as cheerleaders to don purple pom-poms and encourage thousands of runners in the LA Marathon.

An official charity for the LA Marathon, the Foundation rallied lots of volunteers and provided a peppy cheering squad to uplift runners and walkers as they grew nearer to the finish line just a few miles away.

With their purple signs saying "You Can Do It", the Foundation's cheering station had a DJ stage playing happy music as volunteers handed out valuable information about pancreatic cancer.

These photos by Angela Daves-Haley will make you feel like you were there cheering, too.

Photos by Angela Daves-Haley

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