Last year, Cynthia's friend, John died.

Another friend, John, died.
And another friend, Danny, died.

Cynthia's grandmother died at
age 39 in 1935.

Cynthia's sister, Keren, died at age 42.

Cynthia's dad died that same year: 1984.

Cynthia's mom, Helen, died in 1990.

Cynthia's sister, Cathryn died in 1996.

She decided to do something about it.

On her 40th birthday, Cynthia had a big party. Good friends, good food, good music. and a good cause. She invited her friends to bring money to fund cancer research. And they did. Cynthia raised $5,160.00, which is being used to fund cancer research.