Miles for Lives

Miles for Lives Report

The Miles for Lives event was organized by the event coordination team to raise awareness about childhood cancer and about our organization: Aid2day. After a wonderful two week period of volunteers setting goals and walking mindfully for this cause, the event was able to come to a clean finish. Throughout this report you will be able to understand more in depth about the details of the Mile for Lives Event and truly see the difference it made!

The outcome of the Miles for Lives event:

A total of 22 people signed up for the event on the Registration Form. Each person chose a distance goals they felt was realistic to complete in a 2-week event:

Number of people to fill out the Registration Form:

​Name	Goals (Miles)	Name	Goals (Miles)
Raaga Sirani	1.5	Simona Vigna	20
Caity Eng	35	Heeral Gopaldasani	30
Casey O'Toole	25	Nandini Jagtiana	30
Naina Jha	2	Lily Wang	3
Prerna Jha	2	Dakota Layfield	2
Aryan Rajvansh	25	Preya Patel	3
Suchismita Singha	1.5	Tiffany Ruan	10
Siraj Razvi	1.5	Gizem Karagoz	35
Eva Califano	2	Sowjanya Kambam	5
Aurora Vigna	7	Kavya Ambati	10
Allegra Califano	35	Rishika	2.5

A total of 9 people were able to fill out the End of Event Form.

Each person who did was given the option to submit their final distance (whether it was under or over their original goal), upload evidence to support the distance they said, attach pictures they took during the experience, and write a short reflection.

Number of people to fill out the End of Event Form:

Name	Final Distance (Miles)
Raaga Sirani	1.55
Caity Eng	37.11
Siraj Razvi	1.31
Heeral Gopaldasani	40
Tiffany Ruan	10.9
Lily Wang	3
Kavya Ambati	10
Allegra Califano	46.04
Eva Califano	63.43

The Winner:

The event coordination team analyzed the given results carefully on the Event Form and concluded that Eva Califano was the winner of the Miles for Lives Event.

Eva Califano’s distance goal: 10 miles

Eva Califano’s final distance: 63.43 miles

The evidence of Eva completing 63.43 miles

Reflections from the participants

Raaga Sirani:

It was very difficult because I am a little out of shape but in the end it was worth it! It was a very rewarding run and the weather was just perfect: not too hot, not too cold. I am glad I could do my part in spreading awareness about childhood cancer.

Caity Eng:

I had a very fun time biking. My mom likes biking too, so we did it together!

Heeral Gopaldasani:

Aid2Day’s miles for lives event helped me feel a sense of accomplishment! I usually walk 6,000 steps daily and this month I actually walked for a cause which is so close to my heart which makes me feel very happy!

Allegra Califano:

I enjoyed the run!

Eva Califano:

This run was a great way to raise awareness for childhood cancer. It also made me extremely active! Thank You.

Reflection from the event coordinators

Savitha Sithartha:

I think the Miles for Lives event was our most successful so far. We nearly got the number of participants we had hoped for (just one less), and the feedback we received was very positive. Our member advertisements were definitely the most successful, and it looks like our Instagram page and its influence is growing very quickly.

Eva Califano:

The Miles for Lives event could not have gone better! I am extremely impressed by the outcome of this event, and by the participants who contributed their all to completing their goals. From the end of event form we gained a copious amount of positive feedback and a significant amount of support and awareness for childhood cancer. This goes to show that the Miles for Live event has truly helped people walk for a cause. Let's keep up the great work!