Location: Anna’s Taqueria – 446 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446

Charity Roller: Erin Murdock Smith

Running for: Team Brookline

• Charity Purpose: Team Brookline harnesses the power of community and sport to create meaningful impact in our town. Since 2012, runners of all levels have joined us to raise over $2 million for six vital Brookline charities: The Brookline Center for Community Mental Health, Brookline Education Foundation, Brookline Library Foundation, Brookline Symphony Orchestra, Brookline Teen Center, and Brookline Food Pantry. Supported by professional coaching and a shared purpose, our runners build strength, confidence, and connection as they train to cross the Boston Marathon finish line — all while expanding access to life-changing resources for our community.
• Team Brookline:
  The Brookline Center for Community Mental Health
  Brookline Education Foundation
  Brookline Library Foundation
  Brookline Symphony Orchestra
  Brookline Teen Center
  Brookline Food Pantry

Location: Anna’s Taqueria – 446 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446

Charity Roller: Kharmara A. Pinckney

Running for: Casa Myrna Boston Marathon team

• Casa Myrna Background – Casa Myrna is Boston’s largest provider of shelter and supportive services to survivors of domestic violence, providing safety, resources, advocacy and information since 1977. We operate SafeLink, the statewide domestic violence hotline, and promote domestic and dating violence prevention through awareness and education. All of our supports are provided to survivors free of charge. We support survivors of any race, ethnicity, language, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, disability, age, and sexual orientation.
• Maria Mulvihill – For the last 20 years, I have worked with survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse, so I am honored to be raising funds as part of the Casa Myrna Boston Marathon 2025 Team! I began my career in college when I interned at a local domestic violence shelter and after college as a DV/SA advocate for several years where I helped survivors navigate the criminal and civil court systems. After becoming a police officer, I founded my department’s first domestic violence response team (DART), where we would follow-up after DV calls to make sure that victims/survivors were informed of all of the resources available to them and assist in building a positive relationship with law enforcement if they did need help in the future.
  Social Media Handles: Facebook and Strava
• Liz Healy – Liz serves as Director of Program Management at Cellarity, a local biotech company. Liz currently resides in Boston and serves on the Board of Directors for Casa Myrna. This will be Liz’s third time running the Boston Marathon in support of Casa Myrna, a deeply personal cause to her as a survivor. Liz is proud to run on behalf of survivors and Casa Myrna and to advocate for awareness around domestic violence throughout the community.
  Social Media Handles: Instagram and LinkedIn: Liz Heally
• Halima Yusuf – My name is Halima Yusuf and I live in Victoria, Minnesota. I am a charity runner who has run over 10 marathons, most of which have been for charitable causes. I am running for Casa Myrna because we have to stand together to support survivors of domestic violence. This is personal for me and my family and I will always support Casa Myrna.
  Social Media Handles: Instagram

Location: Anna’s Taqueria – 27 Lincoln Street, Newton, MA

Charity Roller: Steven Peljovich

Running for: American Cancer Society Relay for Life

• Steve B –  I have been involved with the Relay for Life ELT program for the last 13 years and am a cancer survivor.
  I am a retired special needs high school teacher , who has also coached or run many youth, town and high school athletic teams for over 40 years.
• Jamie Goldfarb attended her first Relay in high school. In college she joined Relay for Life and was the advocacy chair for two years before co-leading the event in 2015. In 2022 she joined the Charles River Relay leadership team. Jamie continues to Relay to support her Mom, cousin, and aunt.

• Tommy Mastin began volunteering with Relay for Life during college at Syracuse University where he co-lead the event in 2015 and 2016. He joined the Charles River Relay event leadership team in 2022, helping plan and organize the yearly event.

• Steven Peljovich is a Cancer Survivor & has been participating in Relay For Life for the last 20 years.He has served as a Chair for the Charles River Relay for the last 7 years.

Location: Anna’s Taqueria – 236A Elm Street, Somerville, MA

Charity Roller: Astrid Larson

Running for: Boston Medical Center

• As for the charity, in short, the funds go directly to the Boston Medical Center(BMC) food bank, community teaching kitchen, family financial literacy classes, and pediatric mental health efforts but here is what the website reads in more detail:
•  BMC is not only home to world-class clinicians and innovative treatments—we also are pioneers of programs that impact lasting good health. Over the years, more than 1,100 Team BMC athletes (Marathon runners fundraising for Boston Medical Center) have raised more than $9.5 million to support BMC’s efforts to build a healthier Boston. Funds raised through the Boston Marathon® support our work—much of it not reimbursed by insurance—that drives equitable health outcomes. Here are just a few examples of what philanthropy helps us do:
  • Economic Mobility: Wealth = better health outcomes. That’s why BMC created an Economic Justice Hub to offer financial coaching, pathways to jobs, free tax preparation services, and more for families when they come in for appointments.
  • Nourishing Our Community: Our hospital-based food pantry, the first-of-its-kind in the nation, distributes more than 1 million pounds of nutritious food to patients and their families each year. BMC’s Teaching Kitchen uses fresh ingredients in our healthy cooking and nutrition classes for our community. Some of the fresh produce used by these programs is grown at our two Rooftop Farms.
  • Urgent Health Needs: One in five children and adolescents in MA has a behavioral health condition, but stigma, workforce shortages, and social factors can prevent timely care. To combat the rising mental health crisis, BMC is expanding TEAM UP, an initiative integrating behavioral health into pediatric clinics in community health centers and removing barriers to care for patients in historically marginalized communities.