Jax Daily Record: Freed to Run closing in on the finish line
As Gunster shareholder Mike Freed prepares for his sixth annual Tallahassee-to-Jacksonville Freed to Run marathon series Nov. 14-19, he is counting on the support of community leaders to take his namesake event across its fundraising finish line of $2.25 million.
With $1.9 million raised in the past five years, Freed to Run 6.0 needs just $350,000 in additional contributions to fully endow the Northeast Florida Medical Legal Partnership and enable Jacksonville Area Legal Aid to provide free legal aid to qualifying pediatric patients and their families in perpetuity.
Donations are matched at 125% by Baptist Health Jacksonville, up to a total of $1.25 million, so if other sponsors and donors can come up with $155,000, Baptist would contribute the remaining $193,750, enabling Freed to Run to reach the endowment goal.