Kelly Bracetty – HKRS Bethlehem, PA How many seasons have you been a Community Coordinator? This Spring will be my 7th season as a Community Coordinator! Tell us about yourself! What inspired you to join HKRS? Growing up I needed to rely on metal leg braces when learning to walk. As I grew up, my […]
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Tewksbury, MA In 2017, at just one-month-old, Maxim Ustinov faced major heart surgery. He was born with a congenital heart defect known as a “ventricular septal defect” meaning there was a hole in the wall between the two lower chambers of his heart. Thankfully the surgery was a success, and at age 6 Max decided […]
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Robert and Brooke Selb – HKRS Woodbury, MN How many seasons have you been a Community Coordinator? We started coordinating in Spring 2017, took Fall 2019 off to move and have been coordinating since. We have coordinated 13 seasons total. What’s a great mission moment you’ve experienced as a Coordinator? Several parents have reached out […]
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Sara Nearman – HKRS Stafford, VA How many seasons have you been a Community Coordinator? I have completed two seasons as Community Coordinator. What’s a great mission moment you’ve experienced as a Coordinator? I had one girl who had aged up to the mile but didn’t realize it until the first race. She didn’t think […]
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Avery Rezykowski – HKRS Williamsport, PA How many seasons have you been a Community Coordinator? 7 seasons Tell us about yourself! What inspired you to join HKRS? 2020 was a crazy year for so many reasons! Life changes relocated me to Williamsport, PA in May of 2020 and I was searching for ways to become […]
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Mullica Hill / Mantua, NJ Ryan Duffy began running with Healthy Kids Running Series in Mullica Hill / Mantua, NJ in 2015 when he was only 6 years old. He loved getting out and running on the weekends with his sisters. Participating in Healthy Kids Running Series sparked a love of running that has grown […]
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Erica Hofstrom and Gillian Antinore – HKRS Haddonfield/Cherry Hill, NJ Why did you become Community Coordinators? Gillian: I became a CC because I love being a part of something that is health-focused, kid-focused, and community-focused. I had never been to a HKRS race before, but had heard about them and knew I could lend a […]
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Christie Sube – HKRS Glenview, IL How many seasons have you been a HKRS Community Coordinator? This Fall is my 4th season as Community Coordinator. What’s a great mission moment you’ve experienced as a Coordinator? My favorite mission moment so far was our entire Spring 2023 series when we reached many new families and […]
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This month, our HKRS Community Coordinator Spotlight features Kelly, Jones of Key West, Florida. In our first CC spotlight done by video, HKRS Executive Director, Dawn Epstein, sits down with Kelly Jones and discusses everything from her inspiration to her strategy for coordinating the Healthy Kids Running Series in Key West, FL. Watch now: […]
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Ashley Burkett HKRS Concord Township, PA TELL US MORE ABOUT HOW YOU GOT YOUR START WITH HKRS (as a runner, to a volunteer, to a Community Coordinator): Back in 2013, I was a participant with HKRS Concord Township…and now 10 years later I am the Community Coordinator of this AMAZING organization! Though I had always […]
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