NYCRUNS Brooklyn Experience Half Marathon

This April I'm running the Brooklyn Half Marathon with my friend Dana, and we're using it to raise money for the Anne Kastor Brooklyn Free Clinic.

Dana is a nursing student at SUNY Downstate and volunteers at the clinic, which is how I came to know about it. It's in East Flatbush and it's run by Downstate students like him, with volunteer physicians supervising. If you live in Brooklyn and don't have health insurance, you can see a doctor there, get screened, and often get your medication, all for free. For a lot of patients it's the only care they get.

I spent years working in public health and international development before going back to school for social work, and I've seen how often people skip care because of what it costs. A visit that gets put off turns into an emergency room trip later. This clinic catches people before that happens. It runs on volunteers, so donations go straight to keeping the doors open and the shelves stocked.

My goal is to raise $1,000 by race day. Any amount helps, whether it's $10 or $100. If you can't give right now, sharing this page helps too.