AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch Partner with Semper Fi supported Good Grief 5k fundraising event. Since 2004, Good Grief has been providing unlimited and free support to children, teens, young adults, and families after the death of a mother, father, sister, or brother through peer support programs, education, and advocacy. 5k Run and Walk is the biggest fundraising event of Good Grief. This year, about a 1200 people participate in the event.
Besides the fundraising, our members arrived at the site really early in the morning and helped with sorting the flyers, preparing the runner tag, seting up the event table, preparing the food/snacks and seting up the event signs on the field. After the set-up, our members assigned into two positions: water station and walk activities. The members in the water station prepared the cups for the runner and kept filling the cups and passing the water to the runner/walker and cheered them up. The members in the walk activities met, greeted and cheered up the runners/walkers. They also handed out spirit pin to them. All the volunteers helped and stayed until the end of the event. The team raised about $22, 000 out of total $150,000 for Good Grief and all this fund will be used to support families in need.
Ethan Zhang, Claire Zhang, Kenneth Cheng, Olivia Chen, Isabelle Qi, Eddie Zhan, Selina Zhan, Angelina Gao, Kevin Jin (8 HR each, 6/4/23)
