A decade after 8-year-old Martin Richard was killed within the Boston Marathon bombings, the Martin Richard Foundation says it has fashioned a crew to run the marathon in honor of Martin and in remembrance of the assault’s 10-year anniversary.
Although Team MR8 celebrated its “Final Finish” in 2020, long-time Team MR8 veterans will be a part of Martin’s brother — Team Captain Henry Richard — together with Martin’s academics, coaches and buddies in selling his lasting legacy of equity and his message, “No More Hurting People, Peace.”
Fifty runners shall be on the MR8 Tribute Team, the Martin Richard Foundation introduced on Thursday.
“When we think about Martin, we think about all of his friends and classmates who are now 18 and taking on the world as young adults,” stated Martin’s father Bill Richard, co-founder of the Martin Richard Foundation.
“We are so proud of how actively engaged they were over the last 10 years in improving themselves and their community and the example they have set for the next generation of young people,” he added. “This is an important year for so many reasons but mostly because these young people give us hope.”
The 2023 MR8 Tribute Team will kick off their marathon season by having their first crew run at this yr’s MR8K on Dec. 4. Herald reporter Steve Hewitt is a member of the crew.
Since 2014, greater than 1,000 runners have raised greater than $6 million to additional the Foundation’s Grant Making to fund community-based organizations that handle social fairness within the areas of youth growth, adaptive and inclusive efforts, and neighborhood constructing.
The Martin Richard Foundation’s mission is concentrated on the neighborhood by investing in optimistic change for the way forward for younger individuals and their households.
“The Martin Richard Foundation hopes to influence philanthropic work across our neighborhood, city, and state,” the Foundation stated in a press release. “They recognize the importance of providing equal opportunity for all members of the community to succeed in building healthy and productive lifestyles and are ready to invest in programs geared to eliminating the root cause of social problems in our community.”
Source: www.bostonherald.com”