Team Danny
Joseph Kosela

WHY I'M RUNNING
There is a level of emotional connectedness with the greater community, with the children, and with the families that this event brings together. In life, we end up so caught up in unimportant things and our own issues, that sometimes we miss the plight of others and what our neighbors may be going through. This event shows the amount of strength these children have within them, that the problems and things that we sometimes focus on are so unimportant in comparison to the challenges that these individuals face. <br />
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For me, it is about connecting with the families who I think feel alone and isolated, worried about their child, and being able to show them that their community cares, that they are not alone, it matters. It matters more than probably I will ever know. It makes a difference in their lives to know they are not alone and this event demonstrates it. <br />
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At the end of the day, it is not about running, it is about the purpose of this organization to improve the lives of those families with children battling life threatening illness. To provide the funds needed to support these families at their darkest hour and bring some comfort and joy when it is most needed.
$6209 of $5000 goal
Donation Form 2023
RECENT DONATIONS
Winnie Zhao
$25.00
Ger Comyns
$25.00
Betty Hrina
$10.00
Lisa Hrina
$24.00
Joyce Podojil
$50.00
The I-Supply Company
$1,000.00
Edward Elnikar
$50.00
DeeDee Baker
$100.00
Joseph Kosela
$360.00
Robbie Mussi
$25.00
Chris T
$40.00
David Bustetter
$35.00
Halina Kosela
$120.00
Muck Donation
$25.00
Russ Cook
$50.00
Kimbely Burke
$50.00
Amanda Ellsworth
$250.00
brandon reis
$100.00
Scott Bohn
$50.00
Molly Stevens
$50.00
Walter Sample
$150.00
June Collett
$50.00
Tom Seiler
$50.00
Brent Henry
$50.00
Nancy Hlosek
$100.00
Anonymous
$100.00
Becky Heim
$50.00
sylvia nicholson
$50.00
Joe Seyler
$50.00
Andrew Dalton
$50.00
Jim Wylie
$25.00
Brian Hayward
$100.00
Scott Silbernagel
$50.00
Stephanie Hemmerick
$25.00
Victoria Shoopman
$10.00
Joan Brewer
$50.00
Becki Allen
$100.00
Christa Smith
$50.00
Stephen Bourgeois
$25.00
Colin Hardy
$100.00
Margie Gaunt
$100.00
Stephanie Delyanis
$50.00
Christopher Lipke
$100.00
reginald mcneil
$50.00
Mark Cocherl
$100.00
Andrew Cohen
$100.00
Christina Ballweg
$100.00
Nathan Smith
$100.00
Jing Xie
$50.00
Joanne Dager
$100.00
Colleen Pulsfort
$200.00
Jeff Ludwig
$100.00
Amy Madden
$50.00
Nichole Keesling
$75.00
Paul Slagle
$100.00
Keith Wiesman
$250.00
Robin Rathbun
$50.00
Charlie Cain
$250.00
Thomas Czerny
$50.00
Joan Saltis
$50.00
Heather El-Homsi
$50.00
Ethan McKenney
$100.00
Anonymous
$10.00
Gregory Zoia
$100.00
James Low
$100.00
Tom McGinniss
$100.00
Catherine Lehman
$50.00
About Team Danny
Danny was born November 6, 2020. After two weeks of nursing like a champ, he stopped defecating and the colic ensued. We saw GI specialists and chiropractors for help. At 7 weeks old, while at his uncle's wedding in Florida, he started having seizures. We went to a local hospital and were admitted for 5 days of countless tests, EEGs, failed spinal taps, etc. He started anti-seizure meds, and when we returned to Cleveland we started the testing process again, adding more medications but the seizures continued. In February of 2021, the genetic testing came back and Danny was diagnosed ...