Friends and family,

This year I’m celebrating a big milestone—53 years on this Earth! 🎉

To mark the occasion, I’m doing something that matters deeply to me: I’ve pledged to run with TEAM TILTH 2026 and raise $2,500 to help ensure Richmond families have access to healthy, whole food during these very trying times.

I am not 30, 40, or even 50 anymore, so training for this race will be a real challenge—but I’m all in. Every mile I run is fueled by the belief that everyone deserves nourishing food and the chance to thrive.

With your support, I can work toward being in the best shape of my life and help make a meaningful difference for families in our community.

If you’re able, please consider making a donation to my fundraising page today. Every contribution—big or small—helps bring healthy food to families who need it most.

Thank you for cheering me on and for supporting this important work.

With gratitude,

Doria

More Information:

We’re living in unprecedented times when families are struggling now more than ever. With the anticipated cuts to SNAP and WIC benefits both due to the federal government shutdown and the proposed new federal budget, including the anticipated astronomical increases to healthcare costs we are anticipating a crisis in our social safety net over the next year or more. Critical sources of federal funding that once helped keep people nourished have disappeared. Recent federal and medical program cuts have reduced support for local farms and food access initiatives, and many of our neighbors are in survival mode. Urban Tilth knows that there is a growing need for our FREE food box programs, the FREE CSA and FREE Farm Stand in the immediate future. In order to meet this anticipated need, we are proactively launching the Family to Family Campaign so that families can help each other through this crisis by helping to raise the critical funds needed to feed our neighbors in need.

All donations are fully tax deductable <3