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Family turns solar eclipse into fundraiser for cancer research

Family turns solar eclipse into fundraiser for cancer research
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Family turns solar eclipse into fundraiser for cancer research
A woman with blood cancer and her family see Monday's solar eclipse as a way to help them move toward their goal of raising $500,000 for myeloma research.Jenny Ahlstrom was diagnosed in 2010 with multiple myeloma, a cancer that starts in plasma cells in the bone marrow. She created the nonprofit Myeloma Crowd to help empower patients, the organization’s website says. Ahlstrom says the group has raised $477,000 so far.

A woman with blood cancer and her family see Monday's solar eclipse as a way to help them move toward their goal of raising $500,000 for myeloma research.

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Jenny Ahlstrom was diagnosed in 2010 with multiple myeloma, a cancer that starts in plasma cells in the bone marrow. She created the nonprofit Myeloma Crowd to help empower patients, the organization’s website says.

Ahlstrom says the group has raised $477,000 so far.