The 5th Annual Ron's Run for the Roses
May 4, 2013

Last year’s Ron's Run for the Roses was a resounding success. Nearly 300 guests were treated to a spectacular afternoon, from the starting gate to the finish line.

Purple was the color of the day, in remembrance of friends and loved ones who died from pancreatic cancer and all who are currently battling this disease. The common bond of HOPE among the guests was palpable as they bid on auction items and donated to Ron's Rescue, raising over $100,000 for pancreatic cancer research, education and support!

Our goal this year, with your support as well as the support of the community, is to raise $200,000. We hope you will join us on May 4th as we try to reach this goal!

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  • Personal Stories

    "El Rondo", was a character Ron used to play when we would join the Foley Family at their vacation home in Vermont, over two decades ago. He was my first husband, Jimmy's best friend at Travelers back in the 1980's. They were polar opposites in appearance and personality; yet they found something special in each other that made them 'best of friends'. Jimmy cared about Ron the way he would a brother. When Jim died suddenly in 1989, it was Ron & Barbara (with a very young Katie) who came to the UConn Hospital Emergency Room, and helped me begin to face a new world without him. For all of the loving, kindnesses the Foley Family showed me during those very dark times, I am eternally indebted. Read more

Raise Awareness

It was Kentucky Derby Day with a twist at Folly Farm in Simsbury Saturday. Not only was a crowd of more than 300 people celebrating the sporting event at Churchill Downs, they were celebrating a former Travelers executive and fighting pancreatic cancer, the disease that took his life seven years ago... Read more

Raise Awareness

Co-chairs Brian MacClean, left, and Greg Toczydlowski with Travelers vice president Stephanie Bush.

Raise Awareness

West Hartford Center merchants are shining a light on pancreatic cancer by illuminating their windows with purple lights and donating a % of the day's sales to the Ron's Run Foundation to fight Pancreatic Cancer. Read more

Help Find a Cure

Ron Foley Pancreatic Cancer Foundation presenting a $75,000 check to Hartford Hospital's Dr. Ramon E. Jimenez for Dr. Michael Karasik's research study, "Profiling of Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms for Early Detection and Prevention of Pancreatic Cancer," from the 2011 Wine Tasting at the Pond House.