The Bernard & Millie Duker Children’s Hospital at Albany Med thanks Kelsey’s Promise Foundation for their overwhelming support of the Social Worker Program at the Melodies Center for Childhood Cancers and Blood Disorders.
The Bernard & Millie Duker Children’s Hospital at Albany Med thanks Kelsey’s Promise Foundation for their overwhelming support of the Social Worker Program at the Melodies Center for Childhood Cancers and Blood Disorders.
Learn more about the Bernard & Millie Duker Children’s Hospital at Albany Med by visiting: www.amc.edu/childrenshospital
Nothing could keep us from hosting our annual KP5K, including a pandemic! Now our virtual 5K is our signature event! Join us and supporters from around the country as we walk to make a difference for patients with pediatric brain tumors and honor the legacy of Kelsey Kittleson.
Since launching Kelsey’s Promise on the first anniversary of Kelsey’s passing, July 8, 2018, our foundation has achieved great success, raising over $200,000!
Interested in sponsoring KP5K 2024 please contact us at info@kelseyspromise.org.
Kelsey’s Promise Foundation is a 501c3 public charity. All donations are tax deductible.
Our first annual Sixteenth Note Soiree was held on March 16, 2019 at Franklin Plaza Ballroom. With over 200 guests and the tremendous support from our 40 sponsors, Kelsey’s Promise raised $50,000! We had fantastic auction items, attendance by Dr. Barbara Ostrov, Director of the Children’s Hospital at Albany Med and Dr. Joanne Porter, associate chief, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Director of the Journeys Program, a photobooth and dancing that went until the very end of the evening.
It was a rainy day on May 19, 2019 for our first annual KP5K 2K19, but that did not deter our crowd of 200 runners and walkers from coming out to support the Averill Park High School chapter of Kelsey’s Promise Club and Kelsey’s Promise Foundation 5K race! Our event had a kids fun run, medals, music, food, t-shirts, rock painting and wellness classes. In total we raised over $6,000! KP5K 2K20 is on track to be even bigger this year!
Interested in sponsoring KP5K 2K20, please contact us at info@kelseyspromise.org. Kelsey’s Promise Foundation is a 501c3 public charity. All donations are tax deductible.
Photos By Michael Burton
Mr. Chris Blais, a social studies teacher at Averill Park High school, challenged the APHS Kelsey’s Promise Club chapter to raise $5,000. If the students achieved their goal, he would shave his beard. Combining the club’s KP5K, t-shirt sales and vendor fair bake sale, students raised over $8,000! Mr. Blais shaved his beard AND HIS HEAD in front of TV cameras and the student body! Mid-shave Mr. Blais shouted to the moderator of the KP Club, “Coach Medici, how much was raised again?” Coach replied, “over $8,000”, to which Mr. Blais responded, “Shave it ALL! Shave the head, too!” What a moment and what a great man! Mr. Francesco De Rose from Frankie’s Barbershop did the honors!
Kelsey’s Promise is a group of friends and family who are committed to “making a difference no matter how small” in memory of our girl, Kelsey Rebecca Kittleson.
