✨ #StrollForStrongKids Spotlight ✨
I look forward to seeing our in-person participants this Saturday at Genesee Valley Park and being together as a GCH community. Thanks to everyone who allowed me to spotlight their team the past several weeks. Shout out to my team: team “Amazing Grace Esposito”…

✨ #StrollForStrongKids Spotlight ✨
Welcome back Team "Riley's Renegades." Here is why mom/Team Captain Heather will Stroll this Saturday at Genesee Valley Park for Golisano Childrens's Hospital: "I'm strolling for my Strong Kid, Riley! Riley was born 6 1/2 weeks early and spent the first month...

2024 Stroll for Strong crowd shot

2024 Team Amazing Grace Esposito group photo

2025 family shirts

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It's almost time for the 2025 #StrollForStrongKids! Our family shirts are ready to go to stroll with Team Amazing Grace Esposito!

I'm a bit shy of my fundraising goal, but there's still time to donate! teamraiser.rochester.edu/goto/KathyLK...

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Team "John P. Clary" has been participating in the Stroll for Strong Kids for years. You can find John's parents volunteering every year, this year along the 5K route. He's their inspiration, sharing, "In 1998, John was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The hospital...

✨ #StrollForStrongKids Spotlight ✨
Welcome back team "Adi's Baddies"! We look forward to seeing you at the Stroll for Strong Kids this Saturday. They stroll to celebrate their heart warrior: "She was born with a congenital heart defect which required surgery at 4 days old. It was the amazing...

✨ #StrollForStrongKids Spotlight ✨
I love it when our hospital staff is a part of the Stroll! Of course there is the popular NICU tent at the end of the walk but the NICU has a team as well called "NICU Strollers". The team is lead by Suzanne Lewis who shares: " I am so proud and honored to be a...

✨ #StrollForStrongKids Spotlight ✨
#Team_Devin walks in memory of Devin Dailey. As they share "Devin was a fun-loving little girl that shared many activities with us during her short period on earth who now resides in our hearts until we meet again in heaven. Devin loved soccer, dance, swimming...

✨ #StrollForStrongKids Spotlight ✨
Team "Super Remi" is inspired by 2024 Miracle Kid Remi who battled acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). One of her doctors, Dr. Jeffrey Andolina said, “My best memories of Remi are her running through the halls of 7North, with her chemotherapy backpack attached!”

✨ #StrollForStrongKids Spotlight ✨
Team "Everybody Loves Enzo" will be strolling again on May 31st and raising money for Golisano Children's Hospital. His mom shares how important the hospital is to them and what it's like to be there:
"Enzo underwent his biggest airway surgery to date. With that...

✨ #StrollForStrongKids Spotlight✨
Two weeks from today dozens and dozens of teams will gather at Genesee Valley Park for the Stroll for Strong Kids. There is the option of participating virtually which is what Team "Caroline's People" has done for the last several years. They stroll in a place..

✨ #StrollForStrongKids Spotlight✨
At the end of this month Team "Strong like Quinn" will be Strolling for Strong Kids benefitting Golisano Children's Hospital again. Why? They share, "Quinn and our family spent 31 days in the hospital after two procedures and one open heart surgery. Every day...

✨ #StrollForStrongKids Spotlight✨
Meet Kamden who is the inspiration for "Team Kamden's Krew". Kamden was born early at 24 weeks. His mom shares, "He quickly developed a reputation of being a NICU troublemaker, frequently putting up a fight and extubating himself. Throughout his time in the...

✨ #StrollForStrongKids Spotlight✨
Stroll team "Halisha's Toy Chest" will be participating for the 24th year. Team Captain David shares, "We do this in memory of our daughter Halisha who was in and out of Strong from the age of two until age ten when she passed away from a brain tumor in 1995."...

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Team "Lawniczak Triplets" walks to celebrate Micah, Rebecca, and Emma who were born 15 weeks early.
Micah spent 121 days in the NICU. Rebecca spent 125 days in the NICU. Their parents share: "Micah and Rebecca have been discharged from Nephrology...

✨ #StrollForStrongKids Spotlight ✨
All the different reasons why teams participate in the Stroll for Strong Kids benefitting Golisano Children's Hospital are so beautiful! With their permission, I'll be spotlighting several teams over the next few weeks until Stroll day on May 31.