A MESSAGE FROM Allison's Fundraising Page
Hi friends and family!
I will be running the 2023 TCS New York City Marathon with the Mark Schonwetter Holocaust Education Foundation. As an avid runner and an aspiring sports dietitian, running the NYC Marathon has been a long-term goal of mine.
Though I now realize that not everyone has this privilege, I was fortunate to have received Holocaust education as a child in religious school and in public school. To further my understanding of the Holocaust, I spent my winter break in Poland on a Holocaust remembrance trip in 2018. On this trip, I immersed myself in the Jewish Poland that once was by visiting towns that were flourishing Jewish communities before the Holocaust. As you may expect, I also learned about the extreme torture and humiliation that millions of innocent people were put through in the ghettos, the concentration camps, and the death camps. This travel experience was extremely impactful on my life. It is vital that these stories and experiences are passed down from generation to generation so that this kind of hatred and suffering does not happen again.
I feel so passionate about this topic that fundraising for MSHEF seems to be the perfect fit. I am raising money for Holocaust education while bringing awareness to this important topic. Please help me support the Mark Schonwetter Holocaust Education Foundation and help provide grants to schools enabling them to teach the lessons learned from the past and how they relate to today. Thank you for your support!
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