On June 23rd, 2021, the New York Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund welcomed beneficiaries and supporters from all over New York City to the 36th annual Mets Game, this time against the Atlanta Braves. After having to cancel the event last year due to COVID-19, we were so excited to be able to bring back…
The N.Y. Police and Fire Widows’ & Children’s Benefit Fund mourns the passing of Cindy Rubino. Cindy was a generous supporter and a truly wonderful person. She will be greatly missed by everyone at our organization and by all who knew her. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family, especially her beloved husband, Rich,…
“Day in the Life” is Answer the Call’s mentorship program that allows teenage and young adult members of the families we serve, to discover new possibilities for their future goals. This year the program went virtual and participants had a video chat session with their mentors. Sean Jordan is the son of Andrew Brian Jordan…
John Marinan has always been a very active person and interested in sports. He has also always been a runner, but it was just last year when he started running competitively. With the goal of running six majors over the next six years, he is very excited to be running the New York City Marathon…
Mary Sullivan is looking forward to running her first marathon as a member of team Answer the Call. Her running career dates back to her high school years, in which she was recruited to run track on her high school team while in her junior year since she was previously active her whole life in…
Sean Murphy has been running on and off for nearly nine years, and in those nine years has run in 9 half marathons. Although he has never run in a full marathon before, it has always been a goal of his, and running in the iconic New York City Marathon is definitely a bucket list…
Frank Pizzo is running his third marathon, second in NYC, and first as a member of the Answer the Call team. In recent years, Frank has utilized running (and all other forms of exercise) as a means of fulfillment both physically and mentally, to always remember that pushing yourself to sweat is a privilege that…
Rhys Miles is very excited to be running his first ever marathon as a member of team Answer the Call. Rhys has always been very active. Playing basketball and other sports is a big part of his life, but he always thought running was boring. However, when Whitney Cavanaugh, a fellow teacher from the school…
Ruben Musto is very excited to be running in the New York City Marathon in November. Ruben first started running four years ago and hasn’t stopped since! Ruben started by running in long road race, and then started taking on even longer trail racing. He recently ran in the 2019 Oman by UTMB in which…
Patrick McCormick is looking forward to running his first ever marathon as a member of team Answer the Call. Patrick previously played D1 lacrosse in college and wanted to continue being active after graduating. This is when Patrick developed a passion for running. Both his cousin and his godfather ran in the New York City…
Whitney Cavanagh is very excited to be running her third ever marathon as a member of Team Answer the Call. The decision to run on behalf of Answer the Call came easy for Whitney, as she knows firsthand the fear that families of first responders live in as her husband is a Chicago police officer….
Mikaela Moschella is looking forward to running her first marathon as a member of team Answer the Call. Mikaela has previously run two half marathons, one last year and one in March. Although she previously ran track in high school, she only began running as an adult in the past few years. Despite bad knees…
As a former NYPD Officer, and current Miami Gardens Police Officer, Derek Rodriguez is very excited to be running on Team Answer the Call. In addition to helping people as a first responder, Derek helps people live healthier lives as a fitness coach. Derek started his fitness journey in 2015 when he joined a local…
As the wife of a New York City firefighter, Candice Nagle is very honored to support Answer the Call while running in the NYC Marathon. Candice and her husband got married just six weeks before the 9/11 attacks. It was this tragedy that pushed her husband to join the first FDNY class after 9/11. As…
Click here to purchase your “New York Takes Care of Its Own” cloth mask. These masks will be on sale for limited time only. Money raised will help the families of NYPD police officers, FDNY firefighters, FDNY EMTs, and PAPD police officers killed in the line of duty, including those succumbing to COVID-19. While we…
Catherine McGuire is looking forward to running her third NYC Half Marathon this year, and her first marathon as a member of Team Answer the Call. Catherine first started running in 2014 in preparation for her first marathon. She had always watched the marathon and admired those that took a part in it. In 2014…
Madison Bailey recently finished her master’s in Human Rights Studies at Columbia University, and upon her graduation decided she wanted to fill her time with a new long-term goal. She had always had the dream of running in a marathon and decided this was the perfect time. Madison’s boyfriend, Joseph Brozek, will also be running…
Ryan Bailey is very excited to be running his first ever marathon as a member of Team Answer the Call. In the past year Ryan has committed himself to exercising, and as a result lost 60 pounds. With this commitment to fitness came a joy for running, and he felt that the best goal he…
In January of 2019, New York City tragically lost FDNY Firefighter Steven Pollard. This loss was felt by the entire community, and deeply impacted his family, including his cousin Alison. It is in Steven’s honor that Alison is running the NYC Half Marathon as a member of team Answer the Call for the second year…
