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FAM Turkey Trot

November 26, 2026
Raccoon River Park - Coneflower Shelters
West Des Moines, IA 50265 US

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SHINE - Blank Children's Hospital

Donation Goal: $10,000

The mission of the FAM (Friends of Aaron Michael) Turkey Trot is to create a Thanksgiving tradition to support and connect families that have lost a child. While many of our participants do not have a SHINE connection, the event raises funds for the SHINE program at Blank Children's Hospital that provides support and hope for those families.

All proceeds benefit the SHINE program at Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines, IA.
Donate directly to SHINE at https://give.unitypoint.org/2026famturkeytrot

Blank Children’s Palliative Care – SHINE Program (Sharing, Healing, Inspiring, Nurturing, Enduring) provides perinatal and pediatric palliative care services.

Palliative care is a special kind of health care. It can be provided at any stage of a serious illness and alongside curative treatment plans. The SHINE Program is able to offer care to patients and families in the hospital and at their homes. Palliative care recognizes that everyone in the family is affected when one member is ill. This care aims to improve the quality of life in physical, psychological (mental), social, emotional and spiritual ways. 

Perinatal Palliative Care focuses on families whose unborn baby has received a complex diagnosis. The SHINE team provides an additional layer of support to these families through their pregnancy, birth and beyond.

Pediatric Palliative Care focuses on children and their families living with complex chronic medical conditions.

$1,460

Raised of $10,000

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$1,460 Raised By 1 Donor

$340 on behalf of Grant Christianson

SHINE - Blank Children's Hospital

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