Love for Xavier Run 8th Annual

Fall is in the air - which means - an opportunity to dress up in costumes and RUN! And more importantly to help raise money for some great community organizations: Jacobs Heart and the Medically Fragile Children’s Fund of Northern CA.

This is a special year as we recently celebrated what would have been Xavier’s tenth birthday. It is hard to believe so much time has passed since his bright red hair and smile came into our life.

We started this run as a way to remember Xavier and honor his life by raising money for some amazing organizations that support children and their families that are facing potentially life limiting illnesses. During our time at Stanford Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and the Children’s Recovery Center we met many children and families that were struggling with caring for their loved ones while managing their child’s illness. And over the 8 years of this run we have raised $65,000 as a way to support these families in Xavier’s memory. We thank each of you for making this possible!

We hope you will join us again this year to help support these amazing organizations. No amount is too small (or ahem, too large!)

Or if you would like to send a check, donate appreciated stock or find other ways to contribute (maybe a company match?) - please email us directly and we can put you in touch with the organizations directly.

And if you feel like coming out for the run - you are welcome! There is a kids run, a 10k, half marathon and a full marathon and even a kids 50 yard dash! It is an easy course - and the 10k can be walked! It is held at Hellyer Park in San Jose. Registration is here:

https://runsignup.com/Race/CA/SanJose/ZombieRunnerHalloween

The organizations we support through this run are:

Jacob's Heart: Jacob's Heart (jacobsheart.org) provides family-centered care that addresses the emotional, practical and financial struggles for families of children and teens during cancer or other serious medical treatment, families experiencing anticipatory grief and those who are bereaved.

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Medically Fragile Children's Foundation of Northern California: MFCFNC serves children who require medical technology and intervention to sustain life, and connect them with the innate experiences associated with growing up, just as their peers without such limitations experience.

Thank you again for all of your support! We are amazingly proud of our community and I know Xavier would be smiling.

Lots of love and gratitude,

Analisa and Geoff