Abbie Smith
Fundraising on behalf of Hope Story, Inc.
Fundraising on behalf of Hope Story, Inc.
$27,400.07
Raised
75
Donations
$5,000
Goal
Another marathon? I've said I'm never doing that again more than once for a race. However, there is no better reason to come out of retirement than for Hope Story. I'll be running the 2023 NYC Marathon this November as a Hope Story Runner. My husband and I founded this organization 6 years ago. Since then, we have resourced 600+ Hope Advocates, made awesome materials, reached out to doctors, gone to conferences, had medical dinners, connected with families and hopefully helped the world see that having a child with Down syndrome can be pretty amazing. We are firm believers that the best resource to a new family is an existing family raising a child with Down syndrome and we hope to continue making those connections. While having a child with DS may be different it is not tragic. We continue to have big dreams of all that Hope Story can do and your donations help us grow.
I have a goal of $5000 but would like to blow that out of the water with your help. I've often compared raising Noah (and honestly any of our children) as running a marathon not a sprint. So what better way to celebrate than by actually running one! We are so thankful for your support.
Please be sure to follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/hopestorydotorg/) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/hopestorydotorg/).
Donor Wall24
Gwen Smith | $25
W. Kerrie Mendoza | $53.03
The mighty mustangs soccer team | $120
Melissa Covington | $105.75
Dani Beckett | $100
Alexander | $53.03
Catherine Kornblum | $105.75
Heidi Kim | $100
Cheering you on, Abbie! Inspired by you and all the amazing work you and Rick are doing through Hope Story.
Jade Garee-Dexter | $200
Cheering you on from South Texas, Dr Abbie!
Karen Melton | $21.40
Our 8 year old great grandson has DS. I love to follow Noah. Great & worthy cause.
Jane L | $26.67
Gina | $53.03
Mary Ann Pyron | $53.03
We love y’all so much ! Go Abbie & Rick as Blake would say
Tara Kempke
Go Abbie! This is amazing! We are cheering you on!
Lauren
Let’s go, Abbie!!!!
Karen Stapleton | $10.86
Thank you for being an advocate for new parents of babies with Down Syndrome and educating doctors as well!! 💙💛
Megan Seguin | $5
Heather Cole | $53.03
Thank you for ALL you do!!! God Bless you and your family🏃♀️🏃♀️
Coleen Monnat | $50
We love you Abbie! You will do great!!! And thank you for all you do! 💙💛
Melody Houdyshell | $21
Katherine Scoggin | $53.03
Jade | $50
Amy
David
Go Abbie Go! You got this!