Run with Us – LA BIG 5K Team
Brick Crossfit
Join the BRICK community at the LA BIG 5K running in support of families in need of medical care. Together we can change lives!
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Population: 1 million
Language: Spanish
Living in Poverty: 60%
Poverty Defined: Earning less than $150 US a month
Mission Facts
Fundraising Goal:
$150,000
Volunteers:
Surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, and medical support staff
Impact: The Osborne Head & Neck Foundation (OHNF) delivers life-saving and life-changing surgical care to communities in need around the globe. Through our annual Medical Mission we connect expert volunteer surgeons with those suffering in remote areas of developing nations. Past missions have included Ethiopia, India and Peru.
Our Community Can Make A Difference!
What We Are Running For
Join BRICK in supporting the Osborne Head and Neck Foundation and their team Headstrong Heroes fighting for families in need of medical care.
Your run supports surgical, housing, and travel grant programs for low and no income patients in need, and a Medical Mission to Guatemala. Over 64% of the population in Guatemala lives below the poverty line without access to medical care. During the pandemic international borders were closed to humanitarian teams. This Medical Mission will be the first of its kind since 2020.
Together we can change lives. Learn More about your impact.
About the LA BIG 5K
Walk. Run. Or Stroll. Anyone can participate in this fun day at Dodger Stadium. The LA Big 5K is open to participants of all ages and abilities, including runners, walkers and strollers. This iconic event twists through Elysian Park and kicks off the weekend of festivities for the LA Marathon.
Each runner is encouraged to fundraise with their team’s charity, and this year BRICK is running with the Osborne Head and Neck Foundation fighting for families in need of medical care.
Registration
All participants receive an Osborne Head and Neck Foundation team jersey, a medal for finishing the event, LA BIG 5K t-shirt, race bib with chipped timing, onsite refreshments and access to the finishline festival. Raffle prizes will be onsite as well, so don’t miss out!
Registration is $45. Teammates who commit to raising $350 or more towards our $10,000 fundraising challenge can receive a discount code to register for free!
BRICK has committed to raising $10,000 towards Medical and Impact Missions in Guatemala. Together we can change lives.
You’re supporting communities with little to no access to medical care, and helping provide a wide array of medical services.
Your donation is…
- Providing clinical and surgical services, at no cost, to those living in extreme poverty in Guatemala
- Arranging and paying for transportation for patients living in remote villages
- Providing local language experts to eliminate language as a barrier to care
- Securing lodging for patients in the city during treatment and post op care
- Sponsoring children to be fed, sheltered, clothed, and protected at the Hogar Shalom Orphanage
- Adding up to 50 computers for children in remote villages to learn employable skills that can lift them out of poverty
- Refreshing a school and orphanage living quarters, inside and out, with new paint and onsite community works
- Increasing access to education skills training
Make a Gift towards Our
Fundraising Challenge!
BRICK has partnered up with the Osborne Head and Neck Foundation to improve the health and wellbeing of our community. Your donation is supporting programs that provide life-saving medical care for families in need.
BRICK TEAM
Cory Etchason
Mike Mensa
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Population: 1 million
Language: Spanish
Living in Poverty: 60%
Poverty Defined: Earning less than $150 US a month
- Over 40% of the population has no access to medical care
- Guatemala is ranked 31 out of 33 latin countries in child mortality and positive health outcomes
- On average, it takes 9 hours of travel to see the closest doctor
- Patients are often asked to bring medical supplies, hospitals do not have budgets to cover basic needs
- Over 20 languages are spoken making access to care difficult
Mission Facts
Team Fundraising Goal: $200,000
Volunteers: Surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, medical support staff, and concerned humanitarians like you.
Impact:
The Osborne Head & Neck Foundation (OHNF) provides life-saving and life-changing surgical care to communities in need around the globe.
Through annual Medical Mission we connect expert volunteer surgeons with those suffering in remote areas of developing nations. Impact Mission volunteers simultaneously work towards improving the lives of underserved children and those living in poverty in the same region.
Past missions have included Ethiopia, Belize, India, and Peru.
Our Community Can Make A Difference!
What We Are Running For
Join BRICK in supporting the Osborne Head and Neck Foundation and their team Headstrong Heroes fighting for families in need of medical care.
Your run supports surgical, housing, and travel grant programs for low and no income patients in need, and a Medical Mission to Guatemala. Over 64% of the population in Guatemala lives below the poverty line without access to medical care. During the pandemic international borders were closed to humanitarian teams. This Medical Mission will be the first of its kind since 2020.
Together we can change lives. Learn More about your impact.
About the LA BIG 5K
Walk. Run. Or Stroll. Anyone can participate in this fun day at Dodger Stadium. The LA Big 5K is open to participants of all ages and abilities, including runners, walkers and strollers. This iconic event twists through Elysian Park and kicks off the weekend of festivities for the LA Marathon.
Each runner is encouraged to fundraise with their team’s charity, and this year BRICK is running with the Osborne Head and Neck Foundation fighting for families in need of medical care.
Registration
All participants receive an Osborne Head and Neck Foundation team jersey, a medal for finishing the event, LA BIG 5K t-shirt, race bib with chipped timing, onsite refreshments and access to the finishline festival. Raffle prizes will be onsite as well, so don’t miss out!
Registration is $45. Teammates who commit to raising $350 or more towards our $10,000 fundraising challenge can receive a discount code to register for free!
BRICK has committed to raising $10,000 towards Medical and Impact Missions in Guatemala. Together we can change lives.
Medical and Impact Missions are 100% funded by donations from supporters like you. We commit to communities with little to no access to medical care, and bring all supplies needed to perform a wide array of medical services.
Your donation is…
- Providing clinical and surgical services, at no cost, to those living in extreme poverty in Guatemala
- Arranging and paying for transportation for patients living in remote villages
- Providing local language experts to eliminate language as a barrier to care
- Securing lodging for patients in the city during treatment and post op care
- Sponsoring children to be fed, sheltered, clothed, and protected at the Hogar Shalom Orphanage
- Adding up to 50 computers for children in remote villages to learn employable skills that can lift them out of poverty
- Refreshing a school and orphanage living quarters, inside and out, with new paint and onsite community works
- Increasing access to education skills training
Fundraising
Make A Gift!
Your gift makes a major impact by providing shelter, and securing food, clothing and access to education for homeless children in Guatemala, but that’s not all. You’re also helping provide life-saving surgical care for families in the same region. Thank you.
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Population: 1 million
Language: Spanish
Living in Poverty: 60%
Poverty Defined: Earning less than $150 US a month
- Over 40% of the population has no access to medical care
- Guatemala is ranked 31 out of 33 latin countries in child mortality and positive health outcomes
- On average, it takes 9 hours of travel to see the closest doctor
- Patients are often asked to bring medical supplies, hospitals do not have budgets to cover basic needs
- Over 20 languages are spoken making access to care difficult
Mission Facts
Team Fundraising Goal: $200,000
Volunteers: Surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, medical support staff, and concerned humanitarians like you.
Impact:
The Osborne Head & Neck Foundation (OHNF) provides life-saving and life-changing surgical care to communities in need around the globe.
Through annual Medical Mission we connect expert volunteer surgeons with those suffering in remote areas of developing nations. Impact Mission volunteers simultaneously work towards improving the lives of underserved children and those living in poverty in the same region.
Past missions have included Ethiopia, Belize, India, and Peru.
Donate & Change A Life
PROVIDE FOR A CHILD IN NEED
You can meet the needs of one child in Guatemala for an entire year, including shelter, food, clothing and education for as little as $2.23 a day, $67 a month or $800 annually.
Thank you for your support!
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