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HFA EVENTS Lapierre created a 5K/10K race, held over the 2021 Fourth

of July weekend, on the runway at Loring Air Force Base
Motivated in Limestone, which was decommissioned in 1994. Runners
from all over the country attended in-person, and there
was a virtual option. So far, they have raised over $1,000
MAINE MOM TO (money is still being donated) for the Loring Air Museum,
which pays tribute to the men and women who served at
CREATE MUSEUM Loring over the years.

FUNDRAISER Volunteers helped coordinate the event and hand out
snacks. There was live music and a surprise National
Anthem performance sung by the 195th Maine Army
National Guard Band.
BY MELANIE PADGETT POWERS,
MANAGING EDITOR “I loved seeing the amount of people that came out to
support the museum that morning,” Lapierre said. “I
Through Hemophilia Foundation of America’s (HFA’s) honestly wasn’t expecting such a great turnout our first
fundraising efforts, Lianne Lapierre, of Limestone, Maine, year! We had so much positive feedback afterward, as our
discovered her love of biking and running at age 40. small town has never seen anything like this.”

Lapierre, whose 14-year-old son has severe hemophilia A, She said she thinks the event will become a part of her
took part in HFA’s Team Resilience for the 2019 and 2020 town’s annual July Fourth festivities. Her goal next year is
Gears for Good and fundraised for HFA during Disney’s to double the turnout and raise even more for the museum.

“My advice to those wanting to create their own
fundraiser would be, if your heart is telling you to
do it, then go for it, whether it’s a bake sale in the
cafeteria at school, a car wash, a community-wide
yard sale or a 10K—the possibilities are endless!

2021 Princess Half Marathon Weekend. During one of
her Gears for Good training rides she found herself
cycling (with permission) on an abandoned runway
of a former Air Force base in her town.

“It was on this ride that I thought it would be a
pretty neat thing to host some sort of run for my
local community on this historic runway,” she said.
“I’ve always loved volunteering, and fundraising for HFA “We all have the opportunity to give back in ways that can
came naturally to me. I thought this would be a great truly help. Get creative and remember: Just because a ship
opportunity to take all of the fundraising skills I’ve learned may seem small, it still has the ability to make some pretty
over the years and do something fun to help out my own large waves.”
community.” FALL 2021 9