Honoring Mom by Hustling up the Hancock for Respiratory Health

A Western Springs woman who lost her 77-year-old mother to lung cancer in July, 2012, will be participating in the Hustle Up the Hancock fundraiser in her memory, The Doings Western Springs reports.

According to the paper, Julie Mulhern, who praised her late mom’s positive attitude in dealing with her illness, will join others in climbing 94 flights of stairs at the John Hancock Center to raise funds and awareness for research on lung cancer.

“I always thought it would be a cool thing to do, even before I knew it had anything to do with respiratory health,” Mulhern told the paper. “Then one day after she died, I Googled it and saw that it helped raise money for lung cancer research… I almost feel like she almost brought me to do it.

Read the full story at the Doings Western Springs website.