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Greta’s Run for Imagine
The 10th Annual Greta’s Run for Imagine was held in Westfield, NJ on Sunday May 21, 2023. More than 1,000 registrants gathered at Roosevelt Intermediate School for the three events of the day. More than $150,000 was raised to support Imagine’s mission of no child grieves alone.
Greta’s Run began 10 years ago when a group of Greta Schoenemann’s friends decided to honor her memory with a 5k community race. Greta had died on September 15, 2002 due to injuries sustained when a branch fell on a group of students as they were eating lunch outside of Westfield High School. Imagine inherited the race in 2019 to continue raising awareness on the impact of grief on all of us.
Located in Mountainside and Newark, NJ. Imagine, A Center for Coping with Loss is a 501(c)3 non-profit that offers free year-round grief support groups for children ages 3-18 and young adults 19-30 who are coping with a loss due to death. Concurrently, support groups are available for the parents and guardians of the children in the groups and offered in English and Spanish. Groups are also available for parents who have lost a child aged 30 or younger. Additionally, Imagine provides grief and loss education and training to the community. Additionally, Imagine staff are available to provide support in the immediate aftermath of a loss in a school community, organization, or place of business.
