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Cmak Sandy Hook Memorial Foundation Inc

The CMAK Sandy Hook Memorial Foundation honors Chase Kowalski by promoting health and wellness through community programs, including the Race4Chase initiative, which empowers youth to lead active lifestyles while fostering community spirit.

Your contribution helps foster healing and strength in families through<br style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(14, 55, 93); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.25px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(14, 55, 93); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.25px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">programs like the Race4Chase Kids Triathlon. By donating, you provide<br style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(14, 55, 93); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.25px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(14, 55, 93); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.25px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">children access to training in swimming, cycling, and running, inspiring them<br style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(14, 55, 93); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.25px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(14, 55, 93); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.25px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">to improve and grow. Join us in honoring Chase Kowalski&#39;s legacy by enriching lives through health and wellness initiatives. Together, we build resilient communities.

Your contribution helps foster healing and strength in families throughprograms like the Race4Chase Kids Triathlon. By donating, you providechildren access to training in swimming, cycling, and running, inspiring themto improve and grow. Join us in honoring Chase Kowalski's legacy by enriching lives through health and wellness initiatives. Together, we build resilient communities.

Donate to the CMAK Foundation

Save the date and stand with CMAK as we come together for One Last CMAK Gala in 2026.This milestone evening will celebrate Chase&rsquo;s 21st birthday, honor his spirit, and reflect on the legacy created through years of support, strength, and community. If you&rsquo;re not on Facebook ( or just prefer email updates), we&rsquo;ve got you covered!By sharing your details below, you&rsquo;ll receive early email updates and be among the first notified when tickets go live. We can&rsquo;t wait to celebrate this meaningful night with you.

Save the date and stand with CMAK as we come together for One Last CMAK Gala in 2026.This milestone evening will celebrate Chase’s 21st birthday, honor his spirit, and reflect on the legacy created through years of support, strength, and community.If you’re not on Facebook ( or just prefer email updates), we’ve got you covered!By sharing your details below, you’ll receive early email updates and be among the first notified when tickets go live.We can’t wait to celebrate this meaningful night with you.

Save The Date: One Last CMAK Gala 2026

A MESSAGE FROM CMAK SANDY HOOK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INCCMAK ORIGINS VIDEOCome donate to the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon Race4Chase Team to support the CMAK Sandy Hook Memorial Foundation which is changing the lives of youth and their families by sharing the life and spirit of Chase Kowalski through the Race4Chase Kids Triathlon program!CMAK's Story:Vision: To turn tragedy into triumph by healing and strengthening our families and communities. Mission: To celebrate the life of Chase Kowalski of the Sandy Hook tragedy, we are committed to inspiring community healing through family-focused triathlon events and wellness initiatives.Background: Chase Michael Anthony Kowalski was an amazing son, brother, and friend who was taken from us on December 14, 2012 in the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. Chase’s heart was filled with love and he touched all of the people that he came into contact with. He loved sports of all kinds and had an incredibly competitive spirit. Among Chase's favorite sports were baseball, auto racing, and running. In fact, Chase began running competitively at age two in track races. At age six, Chase asked to be entered into his first triathlon – in his first ever competition, he took on the field and won his age group! The Kowalski family wanted to capture Chase’s competitive spirit and vitality in creating a charity in his honor with a focus on health and wellness for children and their families. CMAK Sandy Hook Memorial Foundation’s mission has pursued programs and initiatives that encourage personal improvement, healthy lifestyles and strong family and communities. Program Description: Race4Chase Kids Triathlon Program Check Out Race4Chase Program in Action:Race4Chase Finale- Rhode IslandRace4Chase 10 year videoThe CMAK Foundation established the Race4Chase Kids Triathlon program in 2014 in partnership with the Greater Waterbury YMCA to embody the vision and mission of the CMAK Foundation by introducing youth to share in the happiness and camaraderie of being part of a team striving for a similar goal and feel the encouragement and appreciation from their families and their community which participates in the culminating event.Designed as a six-week goal-oriented summer program, the Race4Chase Kids Triathlon Program provides kids with expert instruction in swimming, cycling, running, strength training and flexibility, and also teaches them the fundamentals of good nutrition and critical safety practices, under the supportive guidance of coaches, lifeguards and instructors. Implementing a custom-designed training program, the coaches provide the youth athletes with all the equipment, knowledge, and one-on-one support they need to become triathletes. At the culmination of the training camp, all of the youth athletes compete in a USAT-sanctioned triathlon race staged by the CMAK and the sites. The program provides breakfast and lunch to participants at locations where there is a need. The Program is low cost to free for all participants. The participants are selected by the local sites through an application process, choosing the youths that would most benefit from the program. Through this process, participants come from a variety of cultures, many from underserved communities which would otherwise not have the opportunity to be exposed to the sport of triathlon. Some children may not know how to ride a bike or swim, but at the end of the program are capable of completing the youth triathlon. Participants who do not have a bicycle of their own are allowed to take a bicycle from the program home with them for their own enjoyment after the Finale, encouraging them to continue to use the skills that they had develop during the program. History of the Race4Chase Kids Triathlon Program by NumbersYear (s)ParticipantsSitesStatesFINALESBikes HomeLearned to BikeLearned to Swim14-'2462212235436379241073201493311x22122015257811x745820164581522491031072017644203311970113201872624348610512420197692633931501682020 *32513213xxx202167927458511417420226542833506488202379829447511111320248183054801111162025850315495115120* Race4Chase Phoenix Program - two week program, Finales at each site due to the pandemic

2026 Team Race4Chase at the TCS NYC Marathon

Join us at the 2026 Race4Chase Charity Golf Tournament ⛳,for a day of friendly competition, community spirit and supporting CMAK&rsquo;s mission to honor Chase Kowalski by inspiring healing, health, and togetherness through youth sports and wellness.<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: inherit;">The tournament will be a 4 player scramble format</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Registration at 9:00 &nbsp;Shotgun start at 10:00</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Coffee and light snacks at registration</li></ul>Contests:*Closest to the pin*Longest drive*Hole in one contest - Win a Car!*Pink ball challenge Lunch, Raffles and awards ceremony to follow Register today to enjoy a day on the course while strengthening kids, families, and communities. 💚

Cmak Sandy Hook Memorial Foundation Inc

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