I will be running the Chicago Marathon this October and I am so happy to be on Team Palestine for PCRF!
The Palestine Children's Relief Fund was established in 1992 in the USA to bring injured and sick children for free medical care they could not get locally. Since then, they have sent over 2,000 sick and injured children for free medical care and sponsored hundreds of volunteer medical teams from all over the world to treat tens of thousands of sick and injured youths in local hospitals. PCRF also has built two pediatric cancer departments in Palestine and has several more major programs and projects taking place to help support the development of a sustainable health-care system there. They are a grassroots organization depending on the support of thousands of volunteers all over the world to help achieve their humanitarian mission.
The funds I am raising will go directly to the Gaza Pediatric Mental Health Initiative
This Gaza-only initiative was organized as an early response to the war in 2014, when tens of thousands of Gaza children were psychologically traumatized from direct exposure to violence. The trauma and exposure to violence continues for the children of Gaza. This initiative provides on going assistance to the children in the forms of peer therapy, summer camps and in home family therapy.
I will be running a lot of miles in training leading up to the marathon and the marathon itself. And while it may seem crazy to do this (I am constantly asking myself "why?") I know it will be worth every step if it means I can raise money for PCRF and specifically this mental health program.
Join me in giving what you can to this really worthwhile oraganization!
| Supporters | |||
| Name | Date | Amount | Comments |
| Jasmine Houmani | 10/09/2022 | $50.00 | Today is the day Nora!! So proud of you! | Lindsay Sanchez | 10/08/2022 | $50.00 | Get it Nora!! | Raymond Nasir | 10/06/2022 | $1,000.00 | Proud of your dedication and discipline to do two marathons in less than a month. | Julie Rayyan | 10/05/2022 | $200.00 | ?? ?? Palestine forever! ?❤️ So proud of you running for Gaza! | Fred Worley | 10/01/2022 | $100.00 | Safi Matin | 09/23/2022 | $250.00 | Ella D | 09/14/2022 | $50.00 | Debbie Visovsky | 09/13/2022 | $50.00 | Robert Auen | 09/05/2022 | $100.00 | Go Nora! And thank you for fund raising to such a worthy cause. | Sylvia Santos | 07/12/2022 | $50.00 | Good luck Nora! So proud of you! | Layla Lasfar | 05/18/2022 | $50.00 | Run Nora run! | Ramsey Nasir | 05/17/2022 | $250.00 | Good luck on the training and race. | Anonymous Friend | 05/15/2022 | $100.00 | Rolyn Gatti | 05/15/2022 | $100.00 | I’m so proud of you Nora! Glad the kids will get the help they need! I’d like to run a few miles with ya some time in the future! Of course I’d be behind you lol. |
| Total | $2,400.00 | ||