Gracie’s Giving Project at the Colfax Marathon
A nonprofit fundraiser supporting
Gracies Giving ProjectWe are running & walking all weekend long to raise money for Gracie’s Giving Project.
$650
raised by 9 people
$1,000 goal
Gracie lived across the street from us and attended Lincoln Elementary with our two kiddos. We celebrated birthdays and played on the Gonchars water slide, and the kids could regularly be heard yelling to each other from across the street. Gracie was brand new when we moved in; Russell was born later that year. I loved that they would grow up together with buddies their age, and it's still hard to fathom the loss of Gracie. While it will never feel like enough, the only small shred of comfort has come from watching a community rally around Gracie's family and honoring her memory.
Our family will do the 5K together on Saturday, with Robert running on a relay team on Sunday. We're grateful for donations large or small. Thank you for contributing.
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Gracie Gonchar was a happy, sparkling girl full of curiosity and love. When she was killed on March 24, 2024 while touring Boston with her family, she was just a few months away from turning 5 years old. Deep in despair and grief, her family turned the loss of Gracie into something that could be magical and transformative for communities with the founding of Gracie’s Giving Project. With a mission focused on making children happy & advocating for pedestrian safety across communities, the family is turning their grief into a space of community building and love.
With that, Gracie’s Giving Project has become an official charity partner of the 2025 Colfax Marathon Weekend. The Colfax Marathon - itself a nonprofit organization - aims to help groups like us raise money with no strings attached…every dollar raised will come back to Gracie’s Giving Project and work to support our communities in Denver and beyond. We are beyond thankful for every runner, walker and supporter that has signed up to help raise funds for us and we are looking to make this our biggest fundraiser of the year. Thank you for supporting Gracie’s legacy and for understanding the importance of getting this organization into a great place to make change in the future.