![Cape St. Claire Elementary fifth grader Makenzie Barrett selects her medal as little sister and Meghan Siegel, AAMC child life specialist, watch. Makenzie selected a medal featuring a guitar because she said, “I love music. I love to sing. This makes me feel so special.”](https://www.eyeonannapolis.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/DSC_0012-300x199.jpg)
Children from the pediatric unit at Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) were the inaugural Maryland recipients of running medals from Medals4Mettle (M4M), a national non-profit organization that collects earned finishers’ medals from half marathoners, marathoners and triathletes, and presents these medals to patients fighting chronic or life-threatening illnesses.
Knowing there are many in a tougher race than them, runners throughout the area donated more than 1,000 medals to the Annapolis Chapter of M4M through Charm City Run stores. If you have a medal you’d like to donate, please visit any area Charm City Run store.
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