Runway for Recovery

Runway for Recovery is an organization that creates a stage for those heroes among us who have battled Breast Cancer, both survivors themselves and the children of those who have passed away. Six years after losing her mother to Breast Cancer, Olivia Achtmeyer resolved to find an aspect of the battle against this disease where she could make a difference, while honoring her mother's memory and celebrating the kind of life she lived while sick. For three years, brave "survivors" have become models at the Runway for Recovery fashion show and helped to raise funds for the The Patient and Caregiver Fund at Massachusetts General Hospital to help children who have lost their mothers to the disease as well as provide opportunities for health care providers who care for such patients.