Team Michael is a group of runners running the Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) to raise money for the Organization for Autism Research (OAR). Michael is the 15 year old son of one of the team's runners and he was diagnosed with autism before his second birthday. While he is healthy, active and likes to swim, play soccer, build puzzles, do cheerleading and ride his bike. His cognitive development is years behind his peers in school, and he requires assistance with tasks many of us take for granted. Michael is not dying from autism, but his disability certainly impacts his life as well as those that surround and care for him. There is so much about autism that we do not understand. What we do know is that the prevalence of autism is rising. We do not know what causes autism and there is no cure, but research provides hope and a promise of a better quality of life for those affected by autism. Growing at an alarming rate, today 1 in 59 children are born with autism.
| Supporters | |||
| Name | Date | Amount | Comments |
| Emma Collina | 10/29/2019 | $100.00 | Mary Quinlin | 10/27/2019 | $25.00 | Good luck Dave and Dave! | Ann Cassetta | 10/26/2019 | $50.00 | Maria Hensinger | 10/26/2019 | $20.00 | Heather Boyd | 10/25/2019 | $25.00 | Toonces TheDriving Cat | 10/25/2019 | $50.00 | Ganbate kudasai! | John Knoll | 10/24/2019 | $55.00 | Great work! | Michael Dixon | 10/24/2019 | $50.00 | Danielle Savoy | 10/24/2019 | $20.00 | Willis Marburger | 10/23/2019 | $50.00 | Dorothy Wiese | 10/23/2019 | $50.00 | Go Michael | Queron Thompson | 10/22/2019 | $15.00 | In support of the cause and a bribe to prevent long winded Cleary speeches. | Peter Cleary | 10/22/2019 | $50.00 | Anonymous Friend | 10/21/2019 | $20.00 | Richard Garner | 10/20/2019 | $20.00 | Laura Kirkpatrick | 10/19/2019 | $50.00 | Benjamin Mascioli | 10/19/2019 | $20.00 | Darren Galt | 10/19/2019 | $25.00 | Susan Knoll | 10/14/2019 | $50.00 | Great cause! | Kate Pinkow | 10/13/2019 | $25.00 | Team Michael! :) | Daniel P Kollay | 10/12/2019 | $100.00 | Dave, Enjoy your run through the Amazon Jungle. S/F Dan | Sean Cleary | 10/12/2019 | $250.00 | Keep up the noble work. | Ricky Updike | 10/10/2019 | $50.00 | Brian Evans | 10/10/2019 | $50.00 | Carissa Foster | 09/09/2019 | $50.00 | Hi Dave! Glad to see you've decided to run the MCM again. Good Luck! | P. Tuggle | 09/05/2019 | $100.00 | GO Dave! |
| Total | $1,370.00 | ||