Happy summer!!

This spring...

We welcomed a new addition to our Program Operations staff, Elisabeth Ludlage Moeller! Welcome, Elisabeth! She's looking forward to continuing working with the team this fall, helping coordinate and manage all things team and program related!

We farewelled 20 (20!!) high school graduates (volunteers and runners). CONGRATS Grads! We wish you all the best and hope to see you again.

We wrapped up our season on June 12 with our team's annual running at the Run for Lovelane 5K. Another day full of camaraderie, PR's, first experiences, team work and fun!

It was a short season, but we're back for a full program this fall.

Thank you, Everyone!

Join us on the trail this summer!

WHEN: Tuesday evenings 6:30-7:30pm, June 27 - August 8. (No run July 4)

Open to all. Please note for this series, runners need to be self-supported or attend with aide support if needed.

Please sign up before joining us. There is no fee. Donations are appreciated. Suggested: $8/run or $50 for season.

To sign up: Email info@teamverge.org.

September 10 - November 12

Practices:

SUNDAYS

9:30-10:40am (ages 7-12) - Track

10:45-11:55am (ages 13+) - Track

THURSDAYS

6:00-7:00pm - Park trails

TUESDAYS

6:00-7:00pm - Trails/fields

*Tuesday practices are for kids preparing for XC and run from Sept. to mid-Oct.

Events:

Trail Runs

Mayor’s Cup or Wayland XC

5K (TBD)

Team Track Meet

Neon Night

Team Fundraiser

We are excited to once again be a Charity Partner of the iconic Falmouth Road Race!

This year, a team of 8 awesome people are running to support Verge and our mission, including 3 Verge volunteers - Marykate, Toshio, and Ryan! Cheer them all on as they run the 7 mile Falmouth Road Race to raise funds and awareness for Team Verge on August 20!

Fundraising Goal: $12,000

Help them reach their goal by donating to the team's Fundraising Page! You can also donate to their individual page via links from our team page.

GO TEAM!!

Thank you to the Community Endowment of Lexington, an endowed fund of the Foundation for Metrowest, for awarding Verge a grant to help us build capacity to include more kids and families in the community! We are so grateful!

Just as exciting...this was also a special opportunity for our summer intern, Dimitri, who is a former Verge volunteer and Lex. HS runner, now an Endicott College Business Management student, to gain experience speaking and networking by representing Verge at the reception! So proud of him - he did great! It's been a real honor to get to work with him this summer - he applies himself, takes ownership, is open to feedback and constructive criticism, learns from his experiences, steps outside of his comfort zone while maintaining his boundaries (which is not an easy thing!). I've had several opportunities over the years since starting Verge in 2015 to mentor and see youth grow which has been an unexpected and wonderful side effect of the running program.

Verge is about helping youth by guiding them and giving them opportunity as a part of their own journeys to find their voices, their paths, their places - being confident and proud and able to express themselves so they can shine. It's amazing to be able to be a spark for so many on and off the track.

We look forward to using this grant from the Community Endowment of Lexington to help Verge shine brighter so more youth can shine!

We are looking for a few good people to help part-time!

Hours are varied and flexible, location is remote.

• Marketing/Communications ($30-$35/hr)
• Managing our Fundraising campaigns, including donor management ($30-$35/hr)
• Head Coaching (seasonal stipends)

Seasoned and skilled, or looking to gain experience...Your qualities and desire to learn and to be involved matter more than your experience.

Does it excite you to be part of something unique that opens doors for people and changes lives? Do you know and relate to the power that running has to change a life and want to help give that to others?

Marketing/Comm. - Are you creative? Do you like to tell stories from a positive perspective? Do you have a good sense of what people like to see and hear, but want a challenge of communicating what they don't understand to a variety of audiences? You could be our marketing/communications person!

Fundraising Manager - Are you good at organization, databases, coordinating timelines and people, basic money management? You could be our Fundraising Manager! Do you have fundraising experience? Even better! Are you interested in a challenge of helping us improve and expand upon our current fundraising activities and campaigns?

Coaching - Do you love to help and see youth develop into the awesome people they are? Do you know the power that running has to change a life? Do you love running, applying training principles, guiding people to get better, enjoy fundamentals for a long-term development approach? Do you like to think on your feet and maneuver and manipulate situations to enhance and maximize impact on individuals and relationships? Are you patient, and open to many types of learning? Can you commit to 1-3 days a week for 10 week seasons in Lexington...or do you want to start a Verge program in another area? You could be a Lexington or Greater Boston area Head Coach!

Click here for current basic job descriptions: https://www.teamverge.org/getinvolved-operations-development

Reach out to Founder and Exec. Dir., Amanda (AJ) Russell, to chat more about how you can get involved! Email: arussell@teamverge.org

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