NYCRUNS Brooklyn Experience Half Marathon 2026

I'm running the Brooklyn Half Marathon and fundraising to support the 52ND STREET PROJECT!

It's been so lovely getting to volunteer with the wonderfully, big-hearted humans at the 52nd Street Project. 

The mission of The 52nd Street Project, a community-based arts organization, is to bring together kids from Hell’s Kitchen in Manhattan, starting at age nine and lasting through their teens, with theater professionals to create original theater offered free to the general public. By building on the core experience of accomplishment and collaboration, 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 (including Poetry, Photography, Theatrical Design, Dance, and Filmmaking), the Project seeks to expand the children’s means of expression and to improve their literacy, their life skills and their attitude towards learning.

It's the best theater in NYC and I love seeing the smiles on the members' faces when people in their community get to experience their work.