Taylor Anne Huston loved to run.
After the 7-year-old girl from Cary passed away in 2022 from a rare brain cancer, a form of glioma, her family committed to raising money for pediatric cancer research. Fittingly, they decided to coordinate an annual 7k fundraiser run.
This year, the event will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 28 at the WakeMed Soccer Complex in Cary.
“For Taylor’s type of cancer, they say that 92% of research funding comes from foundations such as ours to provide funding for that research. So that’s why we’re doing it,” said Rachel Huston, Taylor’s mother and the founder of the Taylor Anne Foundation.
Money raised from the event will specifically go towards pediatric cancer research. Huston says the family talks with top doctors around the world to see what they’re researching, so that they can contribute to treatments and cures.
“Taylor was the most vibrant kid. She had a heart of gold and truly just purely loved everybody. She would do anything for anyone,” Huston said. “She had that sensitivity about her that she could just read a room and know who needed a hug, or who needed encouragement, who needed a friend to sit with at lunch, that was Taylor.”
To register and learn more about the event, visit the Taylor Anne Foundation website.