NYCRUNS Brooklyn Experience Half Marathon 2026

I am pleased to be fundraising for the 52nd Street Project, a community-based organization with a mission to improve the quality of life for the young people of Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan through the arts.  The Project brings together kids starting at age nine and lasting through their teens, with theater professionals to create original theater offered free to the general public.  The Project provides varied arts programming (poetry, dance, songwriting, visual art), mentorships (smart partners), and youth development programs (homework help, college prep, teen employment, creative group therapy), giving a holistic approach to supporting young people. The Project fosters a sense of inclusion in a place where the children belong and where their creative work is the driving force.  Through long-term mentoring relationships and exposure to diverse art forms, the Project seeks to expand the children's means of expression and to improve their literacy, their life skills and their attitude towards learning.  I look forward to raising funds to support this important mission!