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The Warriors For A Cure team raised the funds through Alex's Million Mile Run. Walk. Bike to raise money for pediatric cancer research. The team, led by companies LogicSource and Inspira, raised the most money out of any team in the country for the second year in a row. Inspira founder Jeff Snyder of Wilton was inspired to start the team in honor of his 14-year-old daughter, Kennedy, who has been battling cancer since the age of 2.
"It is truly moving," Snyder said of the team's efforts. He attributed its success to the efforts of the employees of Inspira and LogicSource, as well as other members of the Norwalk and Wilton communities who ran every day and raised money and awareness throughout September.
"To see the level of support around this cause makes me so proud to live where I do, surrounded by such a great group of people and know that we're not alone in this journey," Snyder said.
He said one of the things he was most proud of was that Kennedy was able to run and bike more than 100 miles herself, despite some difficulty. Snyder himself ran 161 miles. Many employees were able to run more than 150 miles during the month.
Inspira and LogicSource both added to the money raised with additional donations of $10,000 each.
LogicSource President and CEO David Pennino said he was inspired by Jeff and Kennedy to help. He had also been personally touched by cancer, as his father was diagnosed with cancer last year. He said that even though his employees were not major marathon runners, they stepped it up to do their part.
"Most of our folks are casual runners, moms and dads. But they really wanted to participate and help out this great cause," said Pennino, who ran 126 miles. "It ended up turning a lot of them into healthy, avid runners."
"We were able to organize a lot of group runs," said Snyder. "The whole community came out with Warriors For A Cure because they wanted to be a part of something bigger and collectively do their part."
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