Make-A-Wish launches new fundraiser

Make-A-Wish® Connecticut has launched a new fundraising effort, Trailblaze Challenge journey.

Trailblaze Challenge is a 26.2mile endurance hike where participants tackle the terrain of Bear Mountain, all in one amazing day. The Trailblaze Challenge is a hike, not a race, and caters to all levels from novice to advanced outdoor enthusiasts. This is one New Year’s resolution you’ll be able to keep!

To learn more, Make-A-Wish Connecticut is offering free, virtual information sessions. The first virtual information session begins Tuesday, February 23rd – but these sessions are offered different days and times throughout the months of February and March. Visit trailblazechallengect.org to register.

To prepare for the hike, Make-A-Wish Connecticut will safely offer training and conditioning hikes beginning in March.

“While the Trailblaze Challenge is an extraordinary physical test, it is not unlike the challenges wish kids face every day,” according to Make-A-Wish Connecticut. “Because wishes have proven physical and emotional benefits that can give children with critical illnesses a higher chance of survival, MakeA-Wish’s challenge is to raise much needed funds to grant the wishes of every critically ill child in Connecticut. By supporting the Trailblaze Challenge, you will help Make-A-Wish Connecticut grant hundreds of wishes this year.”

For more information visit www.trailblazechallengect.org or email trailblaze@ct.wish.org.