2024 Live Like Roo Foundation Marathon Team

I am so excited and honored to be running Chicago 2024 for Live Like Roo. It will be my second year in a row running for them. Sarah and her team are amazing individuals and I have loved getting to know them and witness all the dogs & their families they help. Live Like Roo is such an amazing foundation that helps dogs with a cancer diagnosis. It’s a cause near & dear to my heart because we lost our dog, Bella, in 2021 to cancer. Please consider helping me reach my fundraising goal & helping dogs get the treatment they need and deserve. And I wish all of you truly are inspired to, Live Like Roo. Read on for a little about them!

The Live Like Roo Foundation started in 2015 when a shelter dog named "Sisqo" captured the heart of Sarah, our Executive Director. When he was rescued and renamed "Roosevelt" (Roo) and undergoing a medical exam, they found cancer. It was terminal. He was given a bucket list and lived like a king for 6 months. Many people followed his journey and Sarah was inspired to help others in his honor. Since 2016, we have granted over $2.3 million dollars for pets and rescue animals with a cancer diagnosis and sent 5500 cancer care packages. We hope that everyone, sick or not, lives every day like it is your last. Live Like Roo.