Name: 2025 FirstEnergy Akron Marathon, Half Marathon, & Team Relay
Start: 2025-09-27T07:00:00-04:00
Location: Akron Art Museum, South High Street, Akron, OH

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Raise money for Melina Michelle Edenfield Foundation

I lost my youngest daughter, Melina, aged 4 ½, to DMG pediatric brain tumor on June 24, 2020. The only way we could make sense of this terrible tragedy was to try to help other families afflicted with this terrible disease. In that light, my family started the Melina Michelle Edenfield Foundation. Our Mission, Our Quest, Our Dedication, of the Melina Michelle Edenfield Foundation is to find a cure for pediatric brain tumors. Melina was our family’s miracle for 4 ½ years, and through her Foundation we believe she will be the miracle for other families forever.

Since we started our Foundation in June of 2020, we have been able to raise over $1,000,000. We are all volunteer based so that we can donate all our proceeds. We are Visionary Partners with the DIPG Collaborative. This collaborative spans across five countries, and has over 27 foundations working together. Our collaborative is connected with an advanced medical board. We are involved with the latest in research, the development of cutting-edge treatment, and medical technologies for pediatric brain tumors. We also created a fund at Akron Children's Hospital to help serve our local community. We have donated $350,000 to Akron Children's to advance their brain tumor research and support their needs.

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Rainbow Chasers & Cheeto Racers

Raised: $3,522.93
Choose Joy

Raised: $54.43

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Mallory Capretta

Raised: $2,142.39
Maggie Slavens

Raised: $1,379.54
Carrie Tammaro

Raised: $1,287.34
Paul Gerhardstein

Raised: $1,167.45
Jessica Irwin

Raised: $909.27
Michelle Edenfield

Raised: $650.41
Holly Oleksa

Raised: $352.42
Brian Wilson

Raised: $246.33
Sarah Keeler

Raised: $191.90
Ashley Morales

Raised: $162.37
Elizabeth Tiger

Raised: $140.96
Richard Kukura

Raised: $82.11
Mike Helmick

Raised: $82.11
Melanie Shoaf

Raised: $54.43
Kristy Otto

Raised: $50.00
Monica Mike-Simko

Raised: $27.68

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Date	Name	Amount
Jul 23	The Coiro’s Keep doing great things!	Undisclosed amount
Jul 22	Jan Zorman	$107.94
Jul 20	Wendy HeffingerRindy 💙	Undisclosed amount
Jul 19	Wendy HeffingerRindy 💙	Undisclosed amount
Jul 19	Wendy HeffingerRindy 💙	Undisclosed amount
Jul 12	Rust Fam Run, Jess, run	$54.43
Jul 12	Abby Scheks Thanks for raising awareness of childhood cancer.	Undisclosed amount
Jul 12	Erin Clemmer	$54.43
Jul 12	Brian Drummond Good Luck!	$54.43
Jul 12	The Neubauer Family We are so proud of you Aunt Jess and love the cause you are supporting! Keep shining!!! Xoxo	Undisclosed amount

Melina Michelle Edenfield Foundation

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