For the Children!
Doação protegida
Hi everyone,
My name is Nelly Sepulveda and I’m super excited to formally announce that I’ll be running my first Marathon here in my home city of Los Angeles on March 17th. I am currently training with BlacklistLA. An outstanding community outreach program that provides various platforms and plans for people to join and gain experience. BlacklistLA created a sustainable plan that works for me and that has helped me stay healthy in the process of reaching new milestones. It’s been more than running and I’ve learned so much in such a short amount of time!
I wanted to let you know that I am running this race for a cause and place that mean the world to me. This year I am running the LAM to raise funds for more children of color to attend a play based, child led, non authoritarian school. And what better than the place I already pour my heart and soul into, Play Mountain Place! Here we focus on the humanistic approach. Which emphasizes on social emotional work, problem solving, boundary setting, learning and creating around your own interest and having a safe space to express and talk through anything that you may be experiencing day to day and or with peers. It’s very unique and parents are very much involved. Often as a result parents are also working hand in hand with many of their own practices, skills and believes.
With your contributions my hopes are to create more scholarships for children of color who may need a little more support in the upcoming years. Representation matters and I want to help.
This vision feels beyond me BUT by reaching out to our community(ies) I do believe WE can make a difference. If you cannot donate during these times I hear you and understand. There are still many ways that you can contribute to my journey. For instance feel free to share this link with others and leave me any comments, suggestions or ideas that you may have. If you can donate it is HIGHLY appreciated. Once again thank you for all your love and support!
Your Big Nursery Teacher, Athlete and Pal,
Nelly Sepulveda ❤️
P.S.
Shout out to Sarah Asch for planting the seed and inspiring me to do this and Jamie Wolf (who’s also running with Students Run LA this year) for some solid support with my first structured running plan. MUCH LOVE!
If this is your first time hearing about Play Mountain Place and what we do here’s a link: https://www.playmountain.org/
If this is your first time hearing about BlacklistLA and what they do here’s a link: www.blacklistla.org
(Some of the proceeds will be contributed to them as well)
Organizador
Nelly Sepulveda
Organizador
Los Angeles, CA