Purple Stride

November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness month, a cause that is close to our hearts at Eckhartz Press. One of my high school buddies (and a roommate after college) Mark Gelinas wrote a book for us about his struggle with the disease. It came out around this time last year--called "GelStrong". It's a hell of an inspiring tale.

It's so inpiring, in fact, that my wife Bridget and I just booked a trip to go down to Mark's current hometown of Atlanta the weekend of November 11 so that we could participate in and offer support to their annual 5K run to benefit pancreatic cancer research. It's called the Purple Stride, and if you want more information about it, click here. We're donating 25 copies of GelStrong to the event.

Mark is going to be a featured speaker. He is still dealing with cancer, but every time he speaks, he encourages people to have a positive outlook on life.

A hell of a guy. A hell of a cause. If you can't make it to Atlanta, you can still contribute. Do it in the name of Team GelStrong. We'd appreciate it.