BRIGHTON, Mass — A fundraiser Saturday raised money for research at Boston Children’s Hospital.
The Ride to Cure Kids was hosted at the indoor track at the New Balance headquarters.
The goal is to raise $250,000 by Dec. 1. Going into the event, $70,525 had been raised.
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The event featured some of New England’s top indoor cycling instructors, massages, and more.
“The indoor cycling community has been very supportive of Boston Children’s Hospital in the past,” Alyssa Caruso, Special Events Manager at Boston Children’s Hospital, said. “The new Ride to Cure Kids event allows us to re-engage with this vibrant community and hopefully inspire new community members to get involved. The research being conducted here at the hospital has led to life-changing answers and cures for so many around the world. We are excited to help support that work through this event and continue providing much-needed answers for families and kids looking for help.”
The fundraiser supports research that is helping patients like Rosemary Mitchell – a Sterling teenager who was diagnosed with an extremely rare form of brain cancer nearly one year ago. “I need that research to save my daughter’s life,” Rosemary’s mother Mary Lohman Mitchell said. “We just got a positive MRI scan on Thursday and for the first time it’s turning a corner. This is what it’s funding -- if these guys don’t get up on a Saturday morning and bring attention to the need and bring the money.”
The fundraiser comes as the hospital has been operating at or over capacity for about six weeks as cases of RSV surge.
RSV is a common, contagious virus that causes infections of the respiratory tract. Mild RSV symptoms in children include stuffy and runny nose, headache, cough, fever, and sore throat. More serious symptoms include discoloration of skin, difficulty breathing, rapid breathing, wheezing, severe cough, and fever.
“We anticipate numbers will continue to climb as we shift into the winter months,” a spokesperson for Boston Children’s Hospital told Boston 25 News in a statement. “We are using alternative care spaces when necessary. These are spaces we have used many times before.”
Some scheduled, non-emergency procedures are now being put on hold as hospitals work to treat those in need of immediate care.
Doctors are urging everyone to practice good hygiene and hand washing, in addition to masking up.
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