North Bend family’s brain cancer fundraiser brings in $840,000

Published 1:07 pm Tuesday, October 4, 2011

The nonprofit organization for which Jenn Clarke of North Bend is a spokesperson, Seattle Brain Cancer Walk, earned $420,000 in donations in its fourth annual event Saturday, Sept. 24.

An anonymous donor has matched the total earnings, bringing the organization a total of $840,000.  The event is still accepting donations at its website, www.braincancerwalk.org, through December 31, in an effort to raise another $80,000, which the anonymous donor has also agreed to match.