QMG Foundation's Bridge the Gap to Health Race Announces 2027 Partner

The Quin­cy Med­ical Group Foundation’s Bridge the Gap to Health Race will return for its 27^th year on Sat­ur­day, May 8, 2027, con­tin­u­ing its tra­di­tion of bring­ing the com­mu­ni­ty togeth­er for a cause that strength­ens and uplifts local families.

For the third year, the Bridge the Gap to Health Race will sup­port a local orga­ni­za­tion through its Bridge the Gap Grant, which funds cap­i­tal projects that enhance health ini­tia­tives, youth pro­grams, and com­mu­ni­ty devel­op­ment. This year, the Foun­da­tion is proud to part­ner with Quin­cy Children’s Muse­um, an orga­ni­za­tion ded­i­cat­ed to spark­ing imag­i­na­tions and nur­tur­ing poten­tial in every child.

“Quin­cy Children’s Muse­um exists to trans­form the lives of chil­dren and fam­i­lies through expe­ri­ences that inspire curios­i­ty, cre­ativ­i­ty, con­nec­tion, and dis­cov­ery,” said Amy Peters, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of Quin­cy Children’s Muse­um. ​“We are incred­i­bly grate­ful for the con­tin­ued part­ner­ship and sup­port from the QMG Foun­da­tion. Their invest­ment in Quin­cy Children’s Muse­um has helped us make the muse­um more acces­si­ble to fam­i­lies through Muse­ums for All, and now this part­ner­ship will help bring two new hands-on exhibits to life. These spaces will give chil­dren the oppor­tu­ni­ty to learn, explore, and imag­ine them­selves in roles that help care for and strength­en our community.”

The 2027 Bridge the Gap Grant will sup­port the devel­op­ment and instal­la­tion of two hands-on exhibits with­in their per­ma­nent site: the Med­ical Edu­ca­tion and Dis­cov­ery Sci­ence (MEDS) Exhib­it and the First Respon­ders Exhib­it. These inter­ac­tive spaces will give chil­dren oppor­tu­ni­ties to explore health, med­i­cine, sci­ence, and emer­gency ser­vices through imag­i­na­tive play and inter­ac­tive dis­cov­ery while intro­duc­ing them to impor­tant careers and com­mu­ni­ty helpers.

The part­ner­ship between the QMG Foun­da­tion and Quin­cy Children’s Muse­um extends beyond the Bridge the Gap Grant. For the past three years, the Foun­da­tion has pro­vid­ed fund­ing for the museum’s Muse­ums for All ini­tia­tive, help­ing make the muse­um more acces­si­ble to local fam­i­lies through half-priced admis­sion and mem­ber­ships for qual­i­fy­ing fam­i­lies, as well as sub­si­dized rates for field trips.

“Quin­cy Children’s Muse­um has been such a great part­ner in our com­mu­ni­ty, and we’re excit­ed to con­tin­ue show­ing up along­side them,” said Mor­gan Park­er, Direc­tor of Com­mu­ni­ty Rela­tions and Foun­da­tion at Quin­cy Med­ical Group. ​“The Foun­da­tion is about more than writ­ing checks. It’s about build­ing rela­tion­ships, being present, and find­ing ways we can help make our com­mu­ni­ty stronger. We’re excit­ed to see what these new exhibits will mean for kids and fam­i­lies who walk through the museum’s doors.”

The Bridge the Gap to Health Race, a beloved com­mu­ni­ty tra­di­tion, gives par­tic­i­pants the chance to run or walk across the Quin­cy bridges while sup­port­ing and strength­en­ing our local community. 

In addi­tion to sup­port­ing Quin­cy Children’s Muse­um, a por­tion of the funds raised from the race will also sup­port the QMG Foundation’s ongo­ing efforts to pro­vide finan­cial assis­tance to patients fac­ing a health event and fund grants for local non­prof­its and schools in the areas of com­mu­ni­ty devel­op­ment, health ini­tia­tives, and youth programs.

For more infor­ma­tion, fol­low the Bridge the Gap to Health Face­book page.