Zaching Against Cancer

🏃‍♀️⏰ 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬! ⏰🏃‍♂️

The Early Bird Special for the Zaching Running Festival ends August 31st! Register before then and 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 $𝟏𝟎 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Now is the perfect time to gather your family, friends, coworkers, and neighbors and create a 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐑 in honor of someone special. Whether you're celebrating a cancer survivor, remembering a loved one, or supporting someone currently fighting cancer, your team will show them they are surrounded by love and encouragement.

💛💪 Fundraise together or simply run or walk as a group to honor your special someone.

𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒁𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑨𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉, 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆, 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓.

🎉 Register today, save $10, and start your Team Honor! We can't wait to see you at the starting line! https://runsignup.com/Race/MD/EllicottCity/THEZACHINGRUNNINGFESTIVAL

🍻 to the 2025 Zaching Running Festival, when we proudly presented Art Tate with the Sam Andelman Volunteer of the Year Award! 💪

If you've been to the Zaching Running Festival, you know Art as the guy behind our always-popular Beer Garden! Year after year, Art volunteers his time to help create one of the festival's favorite gathering spots, bringing smiles, great conversations, and plenty of fun to our finish line celebration.

Volunteers like Art are what make the Zaching Running Festival so special.

Now it's your turn to join Team Zaching! 🙌

Not planning to run or walk this year? We'd love to have you as a volunteer! Whether you're helping with the course, the finish line, or cheering on participants, you'll play a vital role in making the day a success.

💪 Help us create another amazing Zaching Running Festival!

👉 Sign up to volunteer today: https://signup.com/go/OeeAoeD

🎉 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐙𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐋𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 💪💛

We are beyond excited to officially welcome Laine Malcotti to the Zaching Against Cancer Foundation as our new Outreach Coordinator!

Laine's connection to Zaching runs deep. She is a cancer survivor, Zach's aunt, and has been an incredible volunteer and leader for years, serving as our Volunteer Coordinator for the Zaching Running Festival. Her passion for helping others and her commitment to our mission have made a lasting impact, and we couldn't be happier to have her join Team Zaching in this expanded role.

As Outreach Coordinator, Laine will help expand our impact by:
💪 Building relationships with hospitals and community partners
💪 Supporting the patients and families we serve
💪 Coordinating volunteers
💪Assisting with our programs and events
💪 Supporting our Sponsorship Committee and ZACF Board
💪 Delivering Zach Packs to hospitals throughout Maryland

Laine truly understands the cancer journey from both a personal and family perspective, and that compassion shines through in everything she does. We know she will be an incredible resource for the families we serve and an amazing ambassador for our mission.

Please join us in giving Laine a warm Zaching welcome! We are so excited for this next chapter and can't wait to see all the lives she'll help touch.

💛 Welcome to Team Zaching, Laine! Together, we'll continue bringing Strength, Courage, Determination, and Hope to families facing cancer.💪

💛 #𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 💛

Because of your generosity, we're able to stand beside families when they need it most.

Recently, we helped a single father undergoing cancer treatment who is unable to work because of the side effects of his treatments. As he prepared to send his son off to college, the financial stress of everyday essentials became overwhelming. Through our Little Things Program, we provided groceries and an Amazon gift card to help ease the burden.

This was his response:

"𝑂ℎ 𝑚𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠… 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒. 𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝐼'𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒. 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑎 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡—𝑖𝑡'𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒'𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑢𝑝. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢."

💛 Thank YOU to everyone who donates, sponsors, volunteers, and supports Zaching Against Cancer. Because of you, we can provide hope, strength, and relief to families facing cancer—one little thing at a time.

𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙣𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚. 💪

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐧? 🏃🏃‍➡️

We don't run because it's easy. 💪

We run for the parents sitting beside hospital beds.
We run for survivors.
We run in memory of those we've lost.
We run so cancer patients can receive help with groceries, transportation, utility bills, prescriptions, and so many of the little things that become overwhelming during treatment.

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠. 💛

🏃 Join us for the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐙𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 on Saturday, November 21st at Turf Valley Towne Square and Turf Valley Resort!

⏰ Early Bird Registration ends in just ONE MONTH! Don't miss your chance to save while making every step count for local families facing cancer.

𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆.
https://runsignup.com/Race/MD/EllicottCity/THEZACHINGRUNNINGFESTIVAL

#𝗧𝗕𝗧 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗭𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀!
💪 🎓💪🎓💪🎓💪🎓💪🎓💪🎓💪🎓💪🎓💪🎓

This year, we were honored to award 14 ZACHING SPIRIT AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS totaling $𝟑𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎, to an incredible group of deserving students.

Whether they are cancer survivors or caregivers, each recipient has shown remarkable strength, courage, determination, and hope—the very qualities that define the ZACHING SPIRIT. Their resilience in the face of cancer inspires us all, and we can't wait to see the amazing things they'll accomplish.

Congratulations again to our 2026 scholarship recipients! Thank you for representing what it truly means to be ZACHING. 💪💛

𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑒 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦! 𝑊𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒'𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦.

A heartfelt Thank You Tuesday to St John's Jewelers! 💪❤✨

For years, they have never missed a ZACHING Day and continue to be one of our loyal supporters, always showing up for our events and helping us make a difference for local cancer patients and their families.

We are incredibly grateful for businesses like St. John's Jewelers that believe in our mission and give back to the community.

If you're looking for beautiful jewelry, gifts, or expert service, please consider stopping by St. John's Jewelers in Ellicott City. Let's support the businesses that support ZACHING! 💛

Thank you, St. John's Jewelers, for being such an important part of the ZACHING family. Together, we're bringing strength, courage, determination, and hope to those who need it most.

💪 Zaching Against Cancer! 💪

Today, May 1st, is Zaching Day! We’re honoring the occasion by striking the iconic “Zach” pose in celebration of Zach's strength and courage. Join us in raising awareness for the Zaching Against Cancer Foundation!! 💛❤️🖤

Zaching Against Cancer

💛 Monday Motivation 💛

Every new week is a chance to make a difference.

For someone facing cancer, strength isn't always measured in big victories. Sometimes it's making it to treatment, finding the courage to keep going, or simply knowing they're not alone.

At Zaching Against Cancer Foundation, we're reminded every day that even the smallest act of kindness can bring hope when it's needed most.

As you begin your week, ask yourself:
✨ Who can you encourage?
✨ How can you make someone's day a little brighter?
✨ What difference can you make?

Together, we can continue to provide the little things that make a big difference for cancer patients and their families.

Keep ZACHING. 💪

⭐ Check Out One of ZACHING's Amazing Sponsors – Easy Street Meals! 🍽️

Easy Street Meals was a fan favorite at last year's ZACHING Running Festival, and we're excited to welcome them back again this year!

If you haven't tried them yet, you can find their fresh, delicious, ready-to-cook meals at your local Giant, Safeway and Harris Teeter. They're perfect for busy weeknights and make dinner easy without sacrificing flavor.

Be sure to stop by their booth at this year's ZACHING Running Festival and show them some love. Thank you, Zach Fine and Easy Street Meals, for supporting Zaching Against Cancer and the families we serve! 💛💪