Beyond the Finish Line: QMG Foundation's Bridge the Gap to Health Race is About Community

The Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) Foun­da­tion is proud to announce that the 26^th Annu­al Bridge the Gap to Health Race raised more than $70,000 to sup­port indi­vid­u­als and fam­i­lies across the region.

A por­tion of this year’s pro­ceeds will sup­port the ren­o­va­tion of the vis­i­ta­tion space at Con­nect Child & Fam­i­ly Solu­tions, locat­ed at 435 Hamp­shire St. in Quin­cy. The redesigned space will cre­ate a wel­com­ing, fam­i­ly-cen­tered envi­ron­ment where chil­dren can main­tain mean­ing­ful con­nec­tions with their par­ents dur­ing the fos­ter care process. Fam­i­lies will have space to share meals, play, talk, and sim­ply spend time togeth­er — sup­port­ing approx­i­mate­ly 960 vis­its each year. 

“Every mile par­tic­i­pants ran this year rep­re­sents a step toward bring­ing this vision to life,” said Mor­gan Park­er, Direc­tor of Com­mu­ni­ty Rela­tions and the Foun­da­tion at QMG. ​“This space is about more than a ren­o­va­tion. It is about cre­at­ing a place where a child feels safe to play, where a fam­i­ly can sit togeth­er around a table, and where par­ents and chil­dren can con­tin­ue build­ing mem­o­ries dur­ing an impor­tant chap­ter of their lives.”

Beyond sup­port­ing the Con­nect vis­i­ta­tion space, race pro­ceeds will also sup­port the QMG Foundation’s Com­mu­ni­ty Impact Fund, which pro­vides finan­cial assis­tance to patients fac­ing a health event and funds grants for local non­prof­its and schools in the areas of com­mu­ni­ty devel­op­ment, health ini­tia­tives, and youth pro­grams. The Foun­da­tion will soon open the Bridge the Gap grant appli­ca­tion win­dow for cap­i­tal projects aligned with these priorities.

“The impact of Bridge the Gap reach­es far beyond the fin­ish line on race day,” added Park­er. ​“What starts as a morn­ing of run­ning and walk­ing becomes some­thing much big­ger; it becomes a ren­o­vat­ed space where fam­i­lies recon­nect, grants that strength­en local orga­ni­za­tions, and sup­port that helps our neigh­bors through dif­fi­cult moments. Every par­tic­i­pant, spon­sor, vol­un­teer, and donor plays a role in cre­at­ing mean­ing­ful change.”

The suc­cess of Bridge the Gap would not be pos­si­ble with­out the hun­dreds of run­ners, walk­ers, vol­un­teers, spon­sors, and com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers who con­tin­ue to show up year after year. Togeth­er, we are bridg­ing the gaps — today and for the future.

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