In a few weeks the 11th Annual “The Great Candy Run” in Denver will be under full sweetness. What started out as a way to raise awareness and much-needed financial support has become one of the must-do events in Colorado. The premise is and has always been about family.
Recently, while waiting for a client at a coffee shop, I watched a mom read a fun story to her young son. His eyes lit up with each twist and turn. How wonderful that she was taking this quality time, creating an everlasting memory. The Great Candy Run is just that — a way for families to come together and create those memories while supporting the Fetal Health Foundation.
The family memories and the candy are all sweet, but the purpose of our event and mission is one of hope. The memories I observed are never made by some 200 families every day who lose their child to a fetal syndrome. Fetal Health raises much-needed funds to provide these families HOPE. My twin daughters were saved by in-utero surgery at just 21 weeks into our pregnancy — without it, they would have never survived, but there was always HOPE.