Welcome to my fundraising page!
I am excited to share that I have
registered to participate in the 2021 Hartford Half Marathon as a member of the
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center team.
As many of you know, I ran my first half
marathon in 2019, where I was able to crush my fundraising goal AND my race
goals, raising $850 for CCMC and finishing the half marathon in 2 hours and 13 minutes. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, not only was the race put on hold, but
so were this and many other fundraisers. Combined with a surge in hospitalizations
and understaffed hospitals, the care and assistance that so many families needed was not available.
Spending time with children and making
memories are some of the greatest joys in life, and I have been so fortunate
that my loved ones are all happy and healthy. Sadly, more families than ever right here in Connecticut are not getting adequate healthcare
for their children or are deeply in debt because of hospital bills
incurred.
My heart breaks for these families, which
is why I would like to invite you to support this cause to facilitate access to
children’s healthcare, as well as support programs that improve and define the
standards of pediatric care, identifying new and better treatments and finding
cures for children’s health issues.
I am pushing myself to raise $850
for CCMC and finish this race again, to be able to show our kids that we
can do anything we set our minds to, as well as to teach the importance of
supporting other kids in the community that are in need. I believe that
through our actions we can be the strongest role models, which is why I have
challenged myself to run again.
Thank you for supporting this endeavor,
whether it be by donation, passing this note along/sharing on social, and of
course for cheering me along the way!
Sincerely,
Alessandra Castillo
Every dollar counts. Your tax-deductible gift could impact a specific
care area or provide support to essential programs and services. Your gift
could help purchase state-of-the-art equipment and technology, help a family
cover costs associated with treatment, or launch the next promising line of
research.
