Runner raises $16,000 for St. Mary's

Lawrence Baxter raised $16,000 for St. Mary's in Bayside competing in the &#8220highest, longest, roughest, and toughest,” competitive event on the planet. On July 30, Baxter ran 29 miles uphill in altitudes up to 3000 feet, attached by a 15-foot rope to a burro carrying 35 pounds.
Known as the running Brit, Baxter, a one-time resident of New York who now lives in San Francisco, finished the grueling 55th annual Pack Burro race in Fairplay, Colorado in just under 10 hours in oppressive and sweltering temperatures.
According to Baxter, the Pack Burro race evolved from the Colorado gold rush, when prospectors, upon finding gold, would have to rush downhill to Denver to stake a claim. However, the race has reversed the process, requiring competitors to run uphill.
The British Pack Burro competitor sought to beat his 2004 marathon record, where he raised over $25,000 for St. Mary's Healthcare System for Children in Bayside. Baxter raised the money through his website therunningbrit.com. He emphatically claims the money raised is not wasted. There is no overhead or administrative costs subtracted from donations. People who sponsor him choose from a list of urgently needed items.
He is committed to helping the staff of St. Mary's which provides care to 3,000 children, the majority from minority/and or low-income households, who suffer from a range of conditions, such as prematurity, neurological, congenital, respiratory and orthopedic disorders, juvenile diabetes, HIV/AIDS, cancer and autism.
To learn more about Lawrence Baxter and his campaign to help St. Mary's, go to www.runningbrit.com.