After a year-long battle with stage 3 colorectal cancer, FOX 59 morning news anchor Lindy Thackston finished her last treatment in mid-April. A day she dreamed about for months – she didn’t expect the guilt that came with it. “There are so many different feelings you have throughout the whole thing, because you’re going through […]
Last year, organizers had big plans for the Catherine Peachey Fund’s Wine Tasting with Peachey. “We had a great plan in place,” said Program Manager Stephanie Lesher. “We had a caterer for the first time, we had an auction, we were very excited about that – and then COVID hit and we pivoted and we […]
Seven years ago, Matt King got up and started his day like any other. It’s now a day he looks back on as the beginning of a journey. “I put on deodorant one morning and there was a lump that was sizable that was not there the day before. I usually don’t get too bent […]
Growing up in Maryland, Dr. Kelvin Lee had his heart set on becoming a marine biologist. “I ended up doing a summer internship with Dr. Elliott Perlin at the Naval Medical Research Institute. My project was to look at the effect of chemotherapy on immune cell populations and what the effect of chemotherapy was on […]
Chris Welch grew up in Upstate New York. After college, he took a job with Cummins, which brought him to Indiana. After several jobs and several moves within the company, he convinced them to start a truck driver training school, which they eventually sold to him. A competitive bike racer, Chris got involved with the […]
Last week, the Catherine Peachey Fund announced $70K in new gifts to fund breast cancer research in Indiana. “Our whole mission is funding research,” said Program Manager Stephanie Lesher. “We help our researchers get the data that they need to go get the bigger dollars. That’s our niche.” A gift of $10K was given to […]
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