The idea for Haymakers emerged in 2010 out of a casual conversation after a post-work evening training session. Like many companies, it started with our curiosity about a pretty simple question: if people can fundraise for their marathon training, could we successfully set up a fundraising page for our boxing training? This was before there were simple platforms to establish a basic fundraising page on your own (we’re old!), so we needed to find an organization with a platform that believed in exploring this wild idea with us. After a lot of convincing, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute helped us get our first fundraising page live, and low and behold people actually donated…and way more than we ever anticipated!

From there, the next question was - could we put on our own fundraising event?  And now, 10 years later, we find ourselves coming full circle.  After 800 amazing first time fighters, in 25 events across 4 cities, we’re heading back to where this all started…RUNNING!

For our 10-year anniversary, we are expanding our fundraising platform and adding a running team. We were fortunate enough to secure 7 bibs for the 124th Boston Marathon and are excited to take on the challenge of running the marathon and raising money for a cause that is near and dear to our hearts.

Since we apparently like to do things backward, we’re reaching out to see if you will support us as we both run the Boston Marathon for the first time to raise money and awareness for Haymakers for Hope and for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund (the people who have believed in us from the start). With your support, we (Julie and Andrew) are hoping to collectively raise $26,200 for cancer research, care, and survivorship.

Follow us and our team’s progress on Strava!