Hi! Our kids team will virtually complete the 7-mile Falmouth Road Race this summer as part of team Adelia the Wondergirl. Please join us!*
Our friend Adelia is fighting brain cancer. We want to make sure that she gets better, and help other kids too. Thank you for helping us raise money for the new Brain Tumor Center at Boston Children's and Dana Farber.
In Adelia’s words, these are some of her favorite things to do with friends:
- Arts and crafts
- Playing games
- LOVE to read
- Petting the dogs
- Making my bed
- Love school and being in the same class with friends
- Play dates
- Making lists (like this one!)
- Sleep-unders AND sleep-overs
- Everything! As long as we’re together!
And here is more we would like to tell you about Adelia:
Adelia is:
- amaze-credible! BRAVE! strong! sparkly! stupendous! kind! smart! powerful! amazing! funny! very tough! awesome! enthusiastic! a superstar! a good friend! a good reader! fun! courageous! STRONG! curious! valiant! lion-hearted! wise! unstoppable! beautiful!
We like being friends with Adelia because:
- she is soooooo (and infinity Os) much fun
- she’s very funny and sweet
- she’s very nice and funny
- she is kind
- she is really, really kind
- she is very nice
- she is very kind
- she is so awesome
- she is an awesome friend
- she is always smiling
- she is so creative and kind
- she has the ability to brighten whatever room/area she is in, making all around her feel happier!
- she is a great teammate
- she is kind
- she inspires us to never give up
- I like spending time with her
- she is so, so kind
- she is very thoughtful
- she is so nice
- she makes me laugh
- we both like art
Some things we have the most fun doing together are:
- EVERYTHING. Especially art
- making crafts together
- being silly
- coloring
- crafts
- playing
- field hockey, daisies
- arts & crafts and laughing together
- I like watching her play violin at camp
- playground
- lemonade stands
- crafts
- arts & crafts
- school events
- making things together
- being her partner in school
- art with her (Wray Clifford art)
A favorite time with Adelia was when:
- I pulled out her tooth!
- we did a made up musical performance together
- we had a sleep-under
- we ate crepes together
- I visited her at Tommy’s Place
- we went to the Hull carnival
- we went to Build a Bear for our birthdays
- we went to the playground with the zip line
- on the bus!
- we ate donuts off strings at the fall party
- celebrating Christmas at the Moore’s house
- she played the violin on stage
- we went bowling at Ryan’s for my sister’s birthday
- we made heart shaped cookies for Valentine’s Day
- watching her and her friends have fun at the Paragon fundraiser!
- we were on the same basketball team together
- singing in costumes
- playing on the candy canes soccer team
- we made leprechaun traps over zoom
- I went to a party at her house
- we had the Valentine’s Day party
- making bracelets
We can’t wait to do these things with Adelia:
- complete the book we are writing together (and write more)
- win the spelling bee!
- swing on the swings together
- play together in the summer
- run!
- have more fun!
- play more games together in class
- ride bikes!
- go to another carnival
- play in the neighborhood!
- play with her again
- have a sleep under
- play
- hang out with our little sisters together
- go out to eat with Adelia
- go to third grade together in the fall!
- play with her again
- have a tea party
- more art classes
- have more parties!
Runners:
Abby J - Aisling O - Alex G - Anya M - Ava C - Ava C - Bayla F - Blake N - Bridget M - Brooklyn D - Caroline H - Caroline M - Caroline M - Casey K - Claire W - Clare G - Colin P - Connor M - Cormac S - Dominic B - Dylan N - Emily W - Freddie D - Ginny M - Grace G - Grace J - Gracie M - Hadley P - Hallie M - Henry T - Hugh D - Jack G - Jack W - Jake M - James C - Joey G - Kate F - Kerrin M - Louisa M - Margaret M - Marion G - Mary T - Mila M - Molly K - Natalie C - Patrick M - Pip A - Rose D - Ruthie K - Sadie G - Sam T - Sofia M - Timmy H - Thomas G - Vera P - Will H [continuing to update]
*Join us:
Join our team as we run for a cure! Virtually means location of your choice, in as many parts as you’d like. Runners will also be invited to join our group runs in Hingham (with games, snacks and more!). Sign up sheet here: https://forms.gle/o3oPz6RZKdpFrSN38
Email allisondaury@gmail.com for questions or more info.
On August 18, hundreds of Dana-Farber runners, including our team, will participate in the 52nd running of the ASICS Falmouth Road Race! Our kids team is training to run the 7-miles virtually, during the week of August 11th, while raising critical funds that will go directly toward the vital new Brain Tumor Center that bridges Dana Farber and Boston Children’s.
Thank you for your support!
