Why they’re training, why they’re putting their bodies through it, why they’re taking the time away from their family or other passions, why they’re getting up off the couch.”įor Jamie, that “why” was fundraising for a good cause and she decided that she wanted to focus on a highly rated veterans nonprofit, Fisher House Foundation. “Look at your ‘Why.’ I think that is really important. “If I were training today, I’d be heartbroken,” she said.īut she has advice from her own training on how runners can keep themselves going-look at your WHY. She acknowledges that MCM runners today have their own challenges as the event shifted to a virtual status to prevent the spread of COVID-19. “I felt that the training was going to be so challenging for me and take so much mental endurance as well as physical endurance that if I did it as a fundraiser, it would just provide that extra motivation when my body started to ache and I didn’t want to get out of the house in the morning to do a training run,” Gold, the author of Wellness by Design (Tiller Press, 2020) said.

She found that fundraising helped her commit to the run. #kpmgfed #hawaii #foodsecurity #fishpond #technetindopacific #afceatechnet Savili Bartley Albert Morales Patty St.Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) veteran and former Fisher House fundraiser Jamie Gold ran the race in 2016, but she had to ramp herself up for training. Thank you to MALAMA LOKO EA FOUNDATION for allowing us to be part of your beautiful journey and to give back to the community in this way! This is such an important goal, considering Hawaii currently imports 85-95% of our food.

On Friday, we were lucky enough to spend the morning up-potting native plants with Malama Loko Ea, supporting their efforts to restore the fishpond’s capacity to feed the community. KPMG was proud to sponsor another productive conference organized by AFCEA Hawaii and AFCEA International, as part of a series of KPMG-sponsored events in Hawaii this fall.Īs a values-centric organization, one way that we demonstrate commitment to our values is by incorporating community service into leadership visits to Hawaii. Last week, KPMG rounded out a busy week at TechNet Indo-Pacific with a workday at Loko Ea Fishpond in Haleiwa.

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