At 73, Jeana Moore is spending 45 days walking more than 350 miles for a cause that became deeply personal nearly two decades ago. In 2009, she founded the Jada Bascom Foundation after her granddaughter, Jada, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia at just one month old. Today, Jada is 19 and healthy, thanks in part to a stranger in Germany who had joined a donor registry and turned out to be her perfect match.
Now, Jeana is walking again—not for herself, but to help other families have the same chance. On September 7, she set out from Seattle with her own pack and no support vehicle, beginning Steps to Marrow 5, a 45-day, 356-mile journey through Washington, British Columbia, and Vancouver Island before returning through the Olympic Peninsula and finishing in Olympia on October 21.
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