My team
My Story…
This year, I’m running the Falmouth Road Race in support of EMPOWER a Place for Grieving Children — an organization that provides support, connection, and healing for children and families navigating grief.
This cause is deeply personal to me. When I was 9 years old, my dad passed away, and I know firsthand how isolating and overwhelming grief can feel for a child. Losing a parent at such a young age shaped so much of my life, including the path that eventually led me to become a child therapist.
Every day, I work with children and families carrying pain, loss, and big emotions, and I’ve seen how important it is for kids to have safe spaces where they feel understood and supported. Organizations like EMPOWER make that possible.
Running this race is both a personal challenge and a way to honor my dad’s memory while supporting children who are facing unimaginable loss. Any donation — big or small — helps provide grief support services, peer connection, and hope to children who need it most.
Thank you so much for supporting me, this incredible organization, and the children and families they serve.
Description
Join me in supporting Empower by helping me raise money as I take on the 2026 Falmouth Road Race!
Empower is a nonprofit with a very specific mission — to empower, support, and connect children and young adults (up through age 24) who have experienced the loss of a parent. Empower provides events that remind children they are not alone in their grief, and a unique one-on-one mentor program with positive role models from the community who help teach, “loss is survivable.”
Cara was nine years old when her mother Kit died of breast cancer and formed Empower as a grassroots movement out of the gratitude she had for all the layers of support her family received growing up. Empower operates with a lean staff and thousands of volunteers from across the globe and all programs remain at no charge to the family. For more information, or to become a Mentor or enroll a child, please visit www.weareempower.org
Recent donors
| Donation date | Donor name | Donation amount |
|---|---|---|
| May 13 | Claudia Dussault | $28.10 |
| May 12 | Marissa Rosati | $55.35 |
| May 12 | Lauren Mourad | $55.35 |
| May 12 | Jeannie & Erik McNeely | $109.85 |
| May 12 | Regan Hickey | $55.35 |
| May 12 | Michelle Petrigno | $55.35 |
| May 12 | Joey Whitley | $55.35 |
| May 12 | Joanne Cap | $55.35 |
| May 12 | Aurora | Undisclosed amount |
| May 12 | Donna &Mark Armstrong | $55.35 |
