Giving Hope to Children in Need & the Disabled: Community News

Hanscom FCU

From left to right Dan Ziniti, Ray Phillips and Lorie Skelton from the $1.3 billion Hanscom Federal Credit Union in Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., prepare to run the 2019 Boston Marathon. The three Boston Marathon charity runners raised $63,797 for Boston Children’s Hospital this spring, surpassing their goal of raising $60,000. This is the 20th year runners from the credit union have participated in the iconic race through its partnership with Credit Unions Kids at Heart, one of the largest credit union collaborative fundraising programs in the nation. One hundred percent of the money raised will be used to fund several pediatric brain research projects at Boston Children’s Hospital, including the search for treatments, therapies and cures for Moyamoya Disease, Sturge-Weber Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy and pediatric brain tumors. The three charity runners were paired with patient partners from Boston Children’s Hospital, who, along with their families, cheered them on through months of training as well as along the route on race day.

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