This year, at least 49 residents will be running the 128th Boston Marathon to raise money for charitable causes they care deeply about, and they seek your help. Fig City News makes it easy for you to support them and their causes. Listed below are links to each runner’s personalized fundraising page.
For more information and inspiration, see this document from the Mayor’s office with runners’ photos, bios, and the missions of the charitable causes.
UPDATE: The list below includes six runners (*) in addition to the Mayor’s list. If you are a Newtonian running the 128th Boston Marathon for a charity, and you’re not on this list, let us know.
Help these runners to help our community. Click. Donate. Repeat.
Then on April 15, step out and cheer them on!
- ALS Association: Jessica Hajjar *
- Arabic Baptist Church (ABC Food Pantry): Mike Moynihan
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts: Annie Quinn *
- Center Street Food Pantry: Katherine Butts
- Community Veterinary Clinic Mount Ida Campus: Foster Hoyt
- Courageous Parents Network: Claire Mills
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: Jeff Lord *
- Dreamfar High School Marathon: Koen Hendrik Pauwels
- Family Access of Newton: Brian Tate
- Fig City News: Tami Gambiza
- Good Shephard Community Care: Rachel Mathewson
- John M. Barry Boys & Girls Club: Patrick Knight *, Patrick O’Hagan *, Sara Jamison Zimmer *
- MEDA (Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association): Erin Schwartz
- Mother’s Milk Bank: Maureen Cummings
- Newton at Home: Christian Baglini
- Newton Athletes Unlimited: Jen Dowling
- Newton Community Pride: Mathew Green
- Newton Fire Children’s Fund: Cassandra Soucey, Christopher Black, Erika Haverty, John Schicitano, Laurel Taylor, Lauren Stelluti, Mathew Camilli, Peter Halket, Riley Northrop, Tonimarie Welch
- Newton Food Pantry: Bernarda Montes de Oca
- Newton Police Memorial Fund: Amanda Holcroft, Andrew Gambrell,