Brianna Marie Foundation 5K Set March 1 at Wickham Park, Will Benefit Fetal Medicine

Foundation has raised over $800,000 to support the advancement of fetal medicine

The 13^th Annual Brianna Marie Foundation 5K will be held on Saturday, March 1, at Wickham Park in Melbourne.  The Run/Walk gets underway at 8 a.m. The morning’s activities include a butterfly release, a 50/50 raffle, and more. To register for the Brianna Marie Foundation 5K, CLICK HERE.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The 13^th Annual Brianna Marie Foundation 5K will be held on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at Wickham Park in Melbourne.  The Run/Walk gets underway at 8 a.m.

The morning activities, besides the 5K Run/Walk, include a butterfly release, a 50/50 raffle and much more.

The Brianna Marie Foundation was founded by Aran and Patrick Hissam. Their unborn child, Brianna Marie, had a fatal illness known as non-immune fetal hydrops.

Brianna Marie was born on March 16, 2012, but sadly died 15 hours after her birth.

When talking about the Foundation, Aran said, “When we started the foundation 13 years ago, I never imagined that our little grassroots foundation would be helping babies around the world. We have people from all over the country coming to the race this year. Some to honor their child that is no longer with us and some to celebrate their child that was saved by fetal surgeries. Thanks to the participants in the race, both in person and virtually, we can continue to give hope to others.”

To date, the Foundation has raised over $800,000 to support the advancement of fetal medicine and support parents on their difficult journey.

To register for the Brianna Marie Foundation 5K, CLICK HERE.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Steve Wilson was born in DeRidder, Louisiana and grew up in both New Orleans and Macon, Georgia.  He moved to Brevard County in 1984 and retired from local government as the Community Advocate/Assistant to the City Manager with the City of Rockledge in 2018.

Among the awards and accolades Steve has received over the years are 15 + year Rockledge Little League volunteer, Brevard Public School Jefferson Award Recipient, Rockledge High School Raider Booster Award 2001, 2006, City of Rockledge Employee of the Year 2006, Rockledge Kiwanian of the Year 2006-2007, City of Rockledge Quality Public Service Award 2008, 2012, 2017, Rockledge Kiwanis Citizen of the Year 2012-2013, Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame – Sportscasting 2015, Rockledge High School Leadership and Service Award 2016, Central Florida Humanitarian Award 2017, Space Coast Inspiration Award – 2018,  Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame – Lifetime Achievement – 2020, Ecofest Achievement Award – 2022, Quality Floridian Award – 2022, presented by U.S. Congressman Bill Posey.

Wilson is especially proud of his chairing two fundraisers in support of pediatric cancer research through the St. Baldrick’s Foundation in honor of Merritt Island resident Julie Spurlock, who raised over $25,000.00.

He has been a partner, along with Orville Susong, for the past 25 years with the Friday Night Locker Room, a broadcasting team that covers and reports on a wide variety of local events that are of significance to the residents of the Space Coast and beyond. Their mission is to promote youth sports, support first responders and law enforcement personnel, and showcase community and charitable events that are produced by our nonprofit partners in central Florida.

The Friday Night Locker Room has awarded hundreds of sports achievement plaques to Brevard County student-athletes over the years. They have also awarded more than $18,000 in academic scholarships to Brevard County high school seniors.

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