Mike Gray SMILE Mass 2022 Falmouth Road Race Fundraising Event!
General registration opens May 1 Leaderboards
My team
Why I am running!
Please Support SMILE Mass 2022 Falmouth Road Race Fundraising Event!
Thank you for considering supporting SMILE Mass (www.smilemass.org) in its annual Falmouth Road Race fundraising event. I will be running the 7 mile course in one of three SMILE Mass “duos” alongside a 24-year-old young man named Stephen. I serve on the SMILE board of directors as well as run in races with SMILE runners throughout the years, including in multiple Falmouth Road Races.
SMILE Mass Background
SMILE Mass is run by an amazing woman and mother (Lotte Diomede), who created it for her son Nicholas, who is now 21. I have known them both as Nicholas and my older twin boys (Jack and Sam, also 21) have grown. She has done really great work alongside co-founder Susan Brown to help Nicholas and MANY other severely disabled people have opportunities for movement and access to outdoor activities, whether through the races, beach wheelchairs, accessible playgrounds or the accessible Cape house that SMILE Mass built (among many other things). I have been involved with SMILE Mass in various ways throughout the years and most recently joined its Board of Directors in 2019.
Description
Donate to help the SMILE Mass Falmouth Road Race team raise money to make recreation and vacation accessible to all, despite disability.
Your support will help SMILE Mass continue to expand their programs. Here are just some of their accomplishments over the past 11 years:
~donated over 140 floating beach wheelchairs to public beaches throughout New England
~created an Equipment Loaner Program that allows families to borrow adapted equipment free of charge for a day, a week, or longer
~opened an accessible beach rental in Truro, MA (Cape Cod) so families can enjoy a beach vacation
~built several accessible playgrounds in metro-west area of Massachusetts
None of this could have been accomplished without support from individuals just like you!
Together we can build a world where everyone belongs despite disability.
Recent donors
| Donation date | Donor name | Donation amount |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 20 | Janice Clarke | $22.65 |
| Aug 19 | Marilyn Kuhn | Undisclosed amount |
| Aug 18 | Heather Ahrens | $273.35 |
| Aug 15 | Sonya Twyman | $55.35 |
| Aug 15 | Mollie and Steve Wolin | $55.35 |
| Aug 15 | Barbara & Paul Gray | $200.00 |
| Aug 14 | Go Mike! Best of luck, Kristin & John Schneider | $55.35 |
| Aug 14 | April Colson | $25.00 |
| Aug 13 | John Gray | $109.85 |
| Aug 12 | Bill and Amy Grimm | $100.00 |
