Miles for Hope

Moving Towards a Cure

Registering participants 

On May 4th, I participated in "Moving Towards a Cure" a 5K run dedicated towards raising funds for brain tumor research and awareness. Not only did I volunteer and help register runners, but I also ran the race (in just over 30 minutes)! I've never run a 5K, so I was very happy to have completed the race.

Crossing the finish line 

My mother was a runner. She even completed the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, DC. She also participated in many charity walks and runs. When I was younger, she pushed me in the stroller and brought me on the race course. I would get to "cross the finish line" with her. As I got older, she continued to have me accompany her. While she was running the race, I would be volunteering at water stations with my father. Sometimes, I would even get to hand my mother water as she ran by. It was a lot of fun.

My mother inspires me, and this was one of the ways she taught me to give back.  I've been an active volunteer ever since.

Walk for Hunger 

Jessica and I posing with the mile 14 sign

The next day, I volunteered as a course marshall for the 45th annual Project Bread- Walk for Hunger. I stood by mile 14 (in Cambridge) and cheered on walkers. I meet another volunteer named Jessica who was also assigned to the same spot. We both had a great time pretending to be cheerleaders. Too bad we forgot to bring pop-poms! The Walk for Hunger was 20 miles, so we knew it was important to keep up the walkers' spirits. They still had another 6 miles to walk and we could tell some of them were getting tired. Jessica and I did our best to say motivating and exciting catch phrases. Most of the walkers laughed and smiled at us :-)

I wore my Miss Cambridge banner, which also entertained most of the walkers. Many of them didn't know there was an official Miss Cambridge and were very happy to meet a local celebrity. I am always glad to make myself visible to the community.

(Click here for a video of me cheering on walkers)

I guess you could say I spent my weekend "running around," but for all the right reasons. One of my favorite parts about the summer is all of the fundraising events that take place. I can't wait to continue to volunteer and make appearances. I already have many appearances lined-up for the upcoming months.

-Carrie

If you'd like to book me for an appearance please follow this link for more information:

http://www.missboston.org/Contact.html