5 for Good: Runway for Recovery supports families impacted by breast cancer [Video]

Billerica’s Dan Sweet is a devoted father of three.He manages to keep up with 2-year-old Arthur, 3-year-old Margeux and 5-year-old Eugene with incredible warmth and patience.”When you’re put in my situation, you’re forced to just, almost forced to find a way,” Sweet said.Sweet’s wife Allie died earlier this year after a yearlong battle with breast cancer.”(I) proposed to her when I was 18; we got married when we were 19,” he said. “She was a stay-at-home mom, and she made everything work.”Sweet said he made a promise to Allie to keep everything working.”When I was holding her hand before she passed, I told her that it was OK to go and that I’ll take care of the kids,” he said.Helping to support Sweet so he can keep that promise are family, friends and members of the community, including Newburyport-based Runway for Recovery. The nonprofit supports families impacted by breast cancer. …