Plum Native Running For Pancreatic Cancer Awareness

Don Furko Jr. is running the Pittsburgh Half Marathon next weekend in memory of his father and in honor of TEAMHope.

A Plum native is taking the challenge of running 13.1 miles in honor of his late father. Don Furko Jr., affiliate coordinator of the Pittsburgh-area Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, has been training for months to run his first half marathon—and he's doing it all in memory of his father, Don Furko Sr., and in the name of a cure to pancreatic cancer. Don Furko Sr.—he grew up in Oakmont, raised his family in Plum, and was the former girls' soccer coach at Plum High School—was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the fall of 2010. He died less than two months later. Furko Jr.—a Plum High School graduate—will run the Pittsburgh Half Marathon on Sunday as part of the TEAMHope program benefiting the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Last year, …

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