This April, Maureen will run the Boston Marathon for the tenth time, and for the fifth year in a row, she’s raising funds in support of medically fragile babies by running for Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast! That kind of commitment is extraordinary. Not because one marathon isn’t impressive, but because choosing to keep showing up requires something deeper: endurance, commitment, and belief in the bigger picture.
Maureen is a nurse. She understands what it means to care for others without expecting recognition. She understands what it’s like to keep going when stepping back might be easier. And she brings that same whole-hearted dedication to everything she loves — her patients, the animals she treats like family (Yogi, we see you), and the babies she may never meet but who rely on donor milk to grow and thrive.
Running a marathon is a huge undertaking. But often, what matters most isn’t the race itself, it’s everything that happens around it. The daily miles. The discipline. And the quiet but powerful decision to keep going.
A mirror . . .
In many ways, that mirrors our work — and the reality for families in the NICU.
Medically fragile babies, their families, and this community don’t just need support once. They need consistency. Reassurance. They need to know that someone will show up when it matters most.
Nonprofit milk banking is about more than providing donor milk at a single critical moment, though those moments matter deeply. It’s about being there today and long into the future for families navigating fear, exhaustion, and hope at the same time. Why? Because real change is rarely created all at once. It’s built through steady commitment from milk donors, hospital partners, financial supporters, and champions like Maureen, people who show up even when the work is hard, even when it’s invisible.
That kind of showing up changes lives.
As Maureen prepares to take on 26.2 miles for our tiniest recipients, we invite you to join her. Your donation doesn’t just fund a race; it fills little bellies and fuels the future for families who need us most.
Let’s Keep the Milk Flowing
After raising more than $35,000 over the past four years, she’s set another ambitious goal: an additional $10,000 this year. Will you help her reach it and keep milk flowing to the babies who need it most?
