Mosey with Max at Miles for Miracles
Join Miles for Miracles, Children's Hospital Boston's 7- and 2-mile pledge walks along the Charles River on Saturday, June 18. Children's employee Maximino Sumera (pictured far right) did!
This is Max's third year as captain of Team Lab Medicine, where he works as an administrative coordinator. Team captains recruit other walkers, encourage them to raise a $100 fundraising minimum, and spark creativity—developing a team name, T-shirt art and more.
Max has his own reasons for walking Miles for Miracles. Not only does he see the good work the hospital does each day—he also benefited from it as a child. At age 11, Max left his parents in the Philippines to live with his older sister, Minda, and her husband, Victor, while he received medical care at Children's. A few years later, his younger sister, Melanie, also came to Children's for a life-saving heart surgery. The family had such a positive experience at the hospital that they now give something back each and every day—Max and Minda as employees in Laboratory Medicine and Victor in Environmental Services.
Is Children's a special part of your life? Celebrate the hospital's good work by joining Miles for Miracles as an individual walker or forming a team. It's now easier than ever to register, visit the Children's Hospital Trust's new giving Web site—www.childrenshospital.org/giving—where you can create a fundraising page, include a photo, write a personal message to family and friends and track fundraising. Through the new site, Max has already raised $1,275, which supports funding for various areas of the hospital. His team is well on its way to meeting a $10,000 fundraising goal.
For more information on Miles for Miracles call the Children's Hospital Trust at ext. 5-6666.
