Hi there! You found me and my dream of completing the Chicago Marathon! My goal is to raise awareness and donate $2300 towards providing CASA services to one child for one year. Donations to CASA ensure that vunerable children in the foster care system are paired with a trained avocate, so they are better able to lead healthy, happy lives. And I'd like to give back to our community in a little way by taking my love for exercise and running with it.

Thank you so much for your support!

Team CASA members use the incredible experience of training for and running one of the world’s largest marathons to raise awareness and funds for the most vulnerable individuals in Chicago–children in the Cook County foster care system who have experienced abuse and/or neglect. Each runner has a goal of raising $2,300, or the cost of providing CASA services for one child for one year. Team CASA members directly impact the life of a child who will receive individual advocacy in court by a trained CASA volunteer. The advocacy that they receive has been shown to shorten the time they are in foster care and ensure they receive needed medical, educational, and social services while in care. The ultimate goal of CASA is to help each child find a safe, permanent home. The trajectory of these children’s lives are changed because they have a committed adult CASA volunteer who is with them throughout the most traumatic time in their lives. Thank you for being on our team and helping a child find a safe, permanent home.