thebeautyofislam:My name is Yousef Abu-Salha. I am a first year medical student at UNC Chapel Hill
thebeautyofislam: My name is Yousef Abu-Salha. I am a first year medical student at UNC Chapel Hill. I am the brother of Yusor and Razan, brother inlaw of Deah Barakat, the victims of the Chapel Hill Shooting of last year. I am running the Tar Heel Ten Miler on April 23rd to raise money for medical relief to the under-privileged children of Palestine. I started running distance about a year ago in honor of my late sister, Razan Abu-Salha, the runner in my family. She planned on running the RockNRoll Half Marathon of April 2015. Razan’s life was cut short in the Chapel Hill Shooting of February 2015. In the wake of the tragedy, a bunch of her friends and I started the #Run4Zeze campaign, trained hard, and completed the 13.1 mile race. It was not easy to train for my first half marathon during immediate pain and grief, but I overcame and harnessed/channeled my emotion towards positivity. Razan kept me going and I was proud of the result (2 hours flat in only 6 weeks of training)! Since then, I have taken up running for charity as a hobby. Razan is my role model. She utilized her passions and talents towards charity in many ways, as did Deah and Yusor. May God have mercy on them. This race will be the fifth race I take part in since last year. I want YOU to help ME raise money to serve the medical needs of the children of Palestine. This is non-political humanitarian aid to a very under-privileged population. I promise to MATCH the donations made for this cause MYSELF by organizing charity basketball tournaments this summer. Each dollar goes a very long way. Even if you can only give one or five dollars, please do! Charity is charity! There is great need for medical relief in Palestine. PCRF is a legitimate organization that delivers on the ground medical relief to Palestine and other populations of need, including Syrian children. PCRF is currently building the first ever Pediatric Cancer Center in Gaza! More about PCRF and tax exemption details below in link. To donate: https://www.z2systems.com/np/clients/pcrf1/campaign.jsp?campaign=844&fundraiser=34980&team=1888&isComplete=complete -- source link