SHMD Current Recipients

Ally Tarantino

Anna King

A young girl who recently moved to Texas after both of her parents lost their jobs and were forced to move. Once the family moved Anna was diagnosed with Dilated Cardiomyopathy. She is waiting on a heart translplant to live. She is currently being treated at Texas Children’s Hospital.

Anne F. Dennett

A mother who was diagnosed with late stage 4 Breast Cancer that spread to her lungs, brain, bones, liver, and abdomen. 

Anne Gordon

A woman with Spina Bifid, lymphedema, and is paralized from the hips down, which means she is wheelchair bound. She needs a new power wheelchair. 

Bailey Wind

Gary Gillingham

A father who has stage 4 colon cancer, which has metastasized to his liver. He has been through over 40 chemotherapy treatments and has more to come.

Isabelle Sherman

A 7 month old girl with Mitochondria Complex 1 deficiency that will not allow her to grow. She is being treated at Albany Medical Center. 

Joy Clark

A South Glens Falls woman who has worked in the district since 2002. She has been diagnosed with Myleo Dysplastic Syndrome (an early form of Leukemia) and has been trying to find a donor for a bone marrow transplant. She has 3 children who have all attended South High. 

Kaitlin Bowman

A 7 year old girl who was diagnosed with LINCL. She is now blind and wheelchair bound. She is 100% reliant on others and takes medications 11 times a day to keep her from seizing.

Karl Slough

A father who was recently diagnosed with Stage 4 Glioblastoma. He is currently receiving treatment and at this point the tumor is not continuing to grow.

Kristen L. Shinebarger

A 10 year old who is fighting her second battle against Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare bone cancer. She was diagnosed at age 8 and has been on crutches ever since.  She is in need of a prosthetic.

Logan Reyes

A 1 year old who suffers from Macrocephaly-capillary malformation (M-CM) and an extra 16th chromosome. M-CM is a syndrome which causes abnormal body and head overgrowth and cutaneous, vascular, neurologic, and limb abnormalities. He has an extra piece on his brain stem that can cause death if it grows too large. This diagnosis requires multiple trips to Boston for surgeries.

Lorraine Baker

Lorraine Baker had a stroke four years ago and has been bed ridden since. She had four stints put in her heart. She is left unable to speak or walk and the family has faced many hardships.

Luciana(Luci) Di Dio

A 3 year old girl with many health issues. From birth she has had trouble feeding, has had chronic ear infections, chronic diharria, and staff infections covering most of her skin. Nobody can tell them what is wrong. She is traveling to Boston each week.

Lukas Lemery

A 4 year old boy with a brain tumor, the size of a golfball, which is currently shifting around causing more medical problems. The tumor has already caused him to go blind in his right eye. Lukas also has central diabetes insipidus. 

Matt Hardy

A Clifton Park teenager who suffered a number of serious injuries in a car accident. He is in long term physical therepy and sees a trauma therepist. 

Milana Linda Lefebvre

A 3 year old girl who is deaf, blind with cortical visual impairment, cannot walk or talk, suffers from seizures and vomits everyday. Her medical issues are very rare and have no diagnosis. 

Nancy Hay

Nola Byrne

A mom who has been undergoing chemotherapy for the treatment of Hodgkins Lymphoma the past year. 

Nolan Jacox

A 5 year old Tanglewood Elementary School student who suffers from Eosinphilic Esophagitis, a rare auto immune disease that causes him to produce way too many white blood cells. In turn, he is allergic to pretty much all foods except apples, which means he has to live with a feeding tube. The family has to now seek medical assistance at the Cincinnati Childrens Hospital. 

Perri Boggs

A woman who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and endured surgery and five months of chemotherapy. She was cancer-free for a year and a half and began to pursue her dream of becoming a nurse, and then she received news that her cancer had returned. She now has to undergo another five months of chemotherapy and after that she plans to undergo treatment in NYC to help better her chance of beating cancer. 

Regina Chadwick

A mother who has recently been diagnosed with AML Leukemia and has been undergoing chemotherapy treatments. She has received blood transfusions and platelet transfusions.

Ryan Seeley

A 5 year old with Leukemia who will need 3 years of chemotherapy. Father has to leave work for six months to take care of Ryan. They are traveling to Albany Medical Center a few times each week.

Stephanie (Scrimo) Coulman

A mother of three who had stage 3 cervical cancer. She has undergone surgery to remove an egg size cancer from her lymph node and she is now in remission and needs check-ups frequently.

Suzanne Ely Murphy

A mother and SHMD alumni who was diagnosed with stage 2B Cervical Cancer and stage 4 Liver Cancer. She was given 9 and a half months to live, but has surpassed that. They were able to eradicate the cervical cancer, but the liver cancer is no longer stable and the tumors have grown and spread to her lymph nodes. 

Van Fronhofer

A father who suffered a severe brain injury which has left him with severe medical needs. He is unable to care for himself and needs around the clock supervision and nursing care. 

Zachary Shaw

An 8 year old who was diagnosed with Diamond Blackfan Anemia, a blood disorder were his bone marrow does not function properly to make red bloodcells, so he cannot make is own blood. 

Alzheimer’s Association of Northeastern NY

This association provides much needed help and support to indiduals with Alzheimer’s disease and their families. They plan to offer educational programs on the disease to students of all ages throughout local counties. Funds from the dance would allow the association to deliver these programs to  schools and civics groups. 

Brave Will   Foundation

Matt and Tammy Hladun created the Brave Will Fondation after the passing of their son Will, a former Marathon recipient. Within their foundation they have a program called SOAR (Steer Onward and Remember). This program is designed to support families on the one year anniversary of their son or daughter’s passing. They help the families spend the day in a way that honors their child and remember the legacy they left behind.

Bridging People and Places

This non-profit organization provides teddy bears to children in crisis, illness, domestic violence, and other unfortunate situations. Each year this organization’s teddy bears are given to each of the marathon recipients. Over 32,000 bears have been handed out since the founding of the organization.

CAPTAIN Runaway and Homeless Youth Shelter

Helps clothe, feed, provide safe shelter, and  intervention services for homeless and runaway teens in the capital region, giving them a safe, stable, and positive environment.

Hannah’s Hope Fund For GAN

This fund was created in 2008 by the parents of 4 year old Hannah Sames. Hannah was diagnosed with Giant Axonal Neuropathy, a disease creates problems with walking, normal sensation, coordination, strength, and reflexes. When first diagnosed there was little to no research, treatment or organization for the disease and the Sames’ were told their daughter would die. After starting the program, tremendous progress has been made and if a cure is found children with Spinal Muscular Dystrophy, Charlotte Marie Tooth and other diseases could be saved.

House of Grace of the Adirondacks

Non-profit organization that cares for terminally ill patients in a home like, comfortable setting. 

Jake’s Help From Heaven

This non-profit organization is dedicated to supporting individuals with multiple medical challenges and disabilities. They help families and individuals within 100 miles of Saratoga Springs. In order to help as many families as possible they rely on support from organizations and individuals.

Project Cameron’s Story

Project Cameron’s Story was created in honor of a prematurely born baby, Cameron Jace Quartiers, who passed away at 8 months old. He struggled with many illnesses related to his premature birth, and the foundation was founded in his memory. This foundation requests a donation for the March of Dimes walk which raises money to provide support for premature babies. They also invite the dancers to walk with them at this year’s March of Dimes.

Rebuilding Together

Repair homes for homeowners who are elderly, disabled, veteran families, and low income families. They plan to use the money to help those homeowners in Northern Saratoga County. 

Ronald McDonald House in Memory of Bentley Miner

The Ronald McDonald House house provides housing for familiess whose children are undergoing treatments at local hospitals.

Wilton Food Pantry

Wilton Food Pantry provides food for many needy families in the area and many children are served.