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Party With The NIH Children's Inn Marathon Team
The Children's Inn at NIH is hosting a pasta party Friday for the inn's charity team of runners in this weekend's Marine Corps Marathon.
WASHINGTON D.C. - From The Children's Inn: Join The Children's Inn at NIH’s 4th annual Marine Corps Marathon & 10K team Pasta Party on Friday, Oct. 26, 6-8 p.m. to kick of this MCM weekend!
The Inn’s charity team comprises 36 10K and 12 marathon runners, and has raised more than $30,000 for The Inn to provide free lodging and support to families of seriously ill children whose last and only hope is a clinical trial at NIH. We’re holding a pasta party to thank and celebrate our runners, and introduce them to The Inn and the families they are supporting.
Here are the details:
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WHAT: A pasta dinner for The Inn’s MCM charity race team participants and families staying at The Inn. Board member Dan Weaver, senior vice president of CBM, will speak. Weaver will run the race with nine other CBM professionals, including Pete Reilly, CBM president and managing partner. Here’s info about CBM’s involvement in our team: https://www.cbmcpa.com/2018/09/21/cbm-fundraising-childrens-inn-nih/
WHEN: Oct. 26, 2018, 6-8 p.m.
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WHERE: The Children’s Inn at NIH, 7 West Drive, Bethesda, MD 20814
WHO: Children’s Inn charity team runners and families staying at The Inn – all are available for photos and filming.
WHY: To celebrate children treated at the NIH and the MCM runners who are raising funds to allow their children to stay at The Inn.
ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S INN: The Children’s Inn at NIH is a private nonprofit with the mission to provide “A Place Like Home” at no charge for families of children participating in pediatric research at the Clinical Center of the world-renowned National Institutes of Health. As a partner in discovery and care with the NIH, The Inn provides children with a space to play, relax and for childhood to thrive despite illness. Since opening in 1990, more than 13,000 families from all 50 states and 94 countries have found a second home at The Inn, advancing medical discoveries and improving the health of people all over the world. For more information about The Children’s Inn at NIH, please visit https://childrensinn.org/ or call 301-451-7892.
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