The 45 runners in Team Newton, created by the Mayor’s Office, will run the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 20. Each is not only running the Marathon but also fundraising for a Newton-based charity. See the City’s website for runners’ biographies.
These charities are important to Newton, and these runners want to exceed their fundraising goals.
For your convenience, here is a list of their fundraising pages. Same process as last year: Click on a name, donate, and repeat!
- Arabic Baptist Church Food Pantry: Andrew McDonald
- Carroll Center for the Blind: Michael George
- Centre Street Food Pantry: Samantha Smith
- Family ACCESS of Newton: Anthony Marino
- Fig City News: Emily Craven
- Friends of the Newton Free Library: Marissa LaRosa
- Green Newton: Shelley Xue
- MEDA (Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association): Cindy Xue
- Mothers’ Milk Bank: Maureen Cummings
- New Art Center: Justine Oppenheim
- Newton at Home: Cathy Wong
- Newton Fighters Children’s Fund: Joe Busa, Phil Cucchi, Adam Fowler, Joey Girolamo, Jessica Hunt, Kelly Landers, Maureen Murphy, Dan Quinn, Madison Soucey, Joe Yerardi
- Newton Food Pantry: Colleen Nolan
- Newton Neighbors: Ranjani Paradise
- Newton Police Memorial Association: Ricky Alexy, Jean Marie Carabuena, Nathan Elchami, Alannah Healy, Ryan Holgers, Sarah Murphy, Michael Cavallaro Park, Abby Rogers, Kelly Taylor, Laura Taylor
- Newton Schools Foundation: James McLean Vance
- Newton Theatre Company: Irina Sorici
- Newton Turkey Trot: Rosie McLeod
- Pathway to Possible: Christopher Barber
- Rotary Club of Newton: Tsz Lok
- The Second Step: Yahni Lapa
- Service Stars: Rebecca Barnehama
- Spark Newton: Mary Katherine Cronin
- Story Starters: Brian Denitzio
- Understanding Our Differences: Daniel Oliveira
- Welcome Home: Devon Villarreal
- West Suburban YMCA: Matthew Dinger
And there are more…
In addition, Fig City News has learned of these other Boston Marathon runners who are raising funds for Newton-based charities (thanks to the Charles River Regional Chamber for many of these!) or are Newton-resident runners raising money for other charities. (If you know of others who should be on this list, please email [email protected].)
- Cradles to Crayons: Abigail Elsbree, Omar Flores, Alex Torrens, Kevin Tulip, Angela Young
- Good Shepherd Community Care: John Cueva, Martin Kelledy, Justin Kneeshaw, Kevin Yang MD, Maggie Queenan RN
- Joe Andruzzi Foundation: Lawrence Kim
- John M. Barry Boys & Girls Club of Newton: Ted Fine, Patrick Knight, Bella Kuhl, Micaela McCloskey
- Spoonfuls: Molly Dwyer, Katherine Kerr, Andrew Lynch, Michelle Piro, Noah Soutier, Izzy Tavis, Trephene Andrea Wilf
