TYSONS, Va.– With support from the PenFed Foundation, Lisa Hallett, co-founder of wear blue: run to remember, a nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring fallen service members through purposeful steps every week in community runs, recently completed a 150 kilometers challenge along the Wonderland Trail around Mount Rainier, Wash.
The challenge set a fundraising goal of raising $150,000 along Hallett's 150 kilometers and has currently raised more than $111,000 to create opportunities to honor and remember the brave men and women who have sacrificed so much.
The PenFed Foundation, a national 501(c)3 founded by PenFed Credit Union, provided a $25,000 matching grant to the 150K challenge in order to maximize the impact of every dollar raised in support of the military community.
The PenFed Foundation said that after losing her husband in Afghanistan, Hallett turned to running to cope with her loss.
“Lisa found a community of other wives and families searching for support and wear blue: run to remember was born,” the foundation said. “In the years since, Lisa has built the group into the global organization it is today as an outlet for loved ones to honor those they have lost and as a way for every American to convey tangible gratitude to our service members.
Added Hallett, "Throughout this run, I was reminded that even in the hard, all things are possible. And this possible is made true by the support of a community who gets it, our wear blue community."