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Help Us Reach Our Goal: HealthTree Challenge Hike + Wellness

Posted: Oct 01, 2025
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This October, HealthTree will be hosting the first annual HealthTree Challenge: Hike + Wellness fundraising event, and we need your help to meet our fundraising goal! 

Raising awareness and critical funds for blood cancer

During this unique event, people with blood cancer, caregivers, and loved ones will hike Mount Greylock in the Berkshires, MA on a journey of physical wellness and personal resilience, all while making a tremendous impact for blood cancer patients everywhere. 

You can help us raise critical funds and awareness for blood cancer by helping the hiking team reach their individual fundraising goal of $1,500! We set out to raise $75,000 and we still have $11,159 to go.  

Who is on the team?

This year, there are 20 participants from across the United States who will be hiking in the Berkshires with HealthTree, including: 

  • 15 patients
  • 2 caregivers
  • 2 friends of patients
  • 1 lost a loved one to blood cancer

Meet the team and share your support today!

How your donation can help find a cure for blood cancer

Donations to the HealthTree Challenge Hike + Wellness directly support advances in cancer research by providing critical funding for innovative studies and clinical trials powered by HealthTree. HealthTree also connects patients with a community of peers, provides resources for patients and their families, and moves us all closer to cures for blood cancer. 

Interested in becoming a sponsor? Please reach out to Taryn Placko at taryn@healthtree.org

This October, HealthTree will be hosting the first annual HealthTree Challenge: Hike + Wellness fundraising event, and we need your help to meet our fundraising goal! 

Raising awareness and critical funds for blood cancer

During this unique event, people with blood cancer, caregivers, and loved ones will hike Mount Greylock in the Berkshires, MA on a journey of physical wellness and personal resilience, all while making a tremendous impact for blood cancer patients everywhere. 

You can help us raise critical funds and awareness for blood cancer by helping the hiking team reach their individual fundraising goal of $1,500! We set out to raise $75,000 and we still have $11,159 to go.  

Who is on the team?

This year, there are 20 participants from across the United States who will be hiking in the Berkshires with HealthTree, including: 

  • 15 patients
  • 2 caregivers
  • 2 friends of patients
  • 1 lost a loved one to blood cancer

Meet the team and share your support today!

How your donation can help find a cure for blood cancer

Donations to the HealthTree Challenge Hike + Wellness directly support advances in cancer research by providing critical funding for innovative studies and clinical trials powered by HealthTree. HealthTree also connects patients with a community of peers, provides resources for patients and their families, and moves us all closer to cures for blood cancer. 

Interested in becoming a sponsor? Please reach out to Taryn Placko at taryn@healthtree.org

The author Leslie Fannon Zhang

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Leslie Fannon Zhang

Leslie Fannon Zhang is a health and science writer and editor who joined HealthTree in 2025. She is passionate about making information about cancer and cancer care as accessible as possible. Leslie has written for the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Cancer Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 

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