Team Annika
Thomas Kirschstein

WHY I'M RUNNING
Last year when I ran the 24 in 24 I did it to help raise money for Tobias and his family. Nothing could have prepared me for the emotional and physical impact this event had on me. What the 24 in 24 challenge does for these families is nothing less than miracle like. I feel so helpless when I see the families and kids go through what they are going through. If I can help, even a little by running a mile for 24 hours...you bet I would do it over and over again. This is my 2nd year at this event and I have every intention of being here every year to come. This year I am running for Annika and I will do everything I can to make her proud. Good luck to everyone involved in this amazing program called the 24 in 24.
$1350 of $2000 goal
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RECENT DONATIONS
denise gelofsack
$50.00
Anonymous
$500.00
Anonymous
$500.00
Ryan Ward
$25.00
Troy Kirschstein
$250.00
Cory Blabolil
$25.00
About Team Annika
Annika is a charming and tenacious three-year-old girl with an infectious smile and bold sense of adventure. At 3 months old, she had her first hospital admission. A month later, an MRI and EEG reveled that Anni suffered extensive damage that destroyed over half her brain. After extensive testing, the cause of her widespread cystic encephalomalacia remains unknown. The next year and a half of Annika’s life was filled with hospital stays, surgeries, and collecting a myriad of specialists, therapists, and secondary diagnoses. Anni has mixed hyperkinetic bilateral cerebral palsy, CVI and other neurological visual impairments, and takes most of ...