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Miles for Malcolm 5K honors ‘joyful’ toddler Second annual runwalk fundraiser seeks to raise awareness for SUDC
wasn’t like we missed something. It was that he just was here and then he wasn’t.” Losing a young child unexpectedly would be a terrible thing under any circumstances. But Kim and Tara also experienced By JOe EMANsKi this loss during the first months of the pandemic, when holding a Malcolm Wildszewski was an memorial service for loved ones active, robust two-year-old on was out of the question. Mother’s Day 2020 when he came “That was otherworldly, and down with a low-grade fever. Yes, unbelievably awful,” Kim says. it was the early days of the corona- “We couldn’t be hugged. There virus pandemic, but this seemed was no physicality to our grief.” to his parents, Kim and Tara, like Tara and Kim knew that they nothing more than a mild cold. wanted to do something both By the next morning, though, to honor Malcolm and to bring they knew that something was greater awareness to SUDC. Last wrong. Usually strong and ener- spring, they organized the first Children ride in the Trail and Treat bike ride held last fall in Village Park in Lawrence. Trail and Treat is one of getic, Malcolm could not even ever Miles for Malcolm Walk/ several annual held by the Lawrence Hopewell Trail each year. (Photo by Alexandra Pais.) stand up. They took him to the Run, raising more than $20,000 to emergency department at the benefit SUDC. hospital, where later that day, he On Saturday, April 29, they will seized unexpectedly. A day later, host the second annual Miles for he was gone. Malcolm event, and like last year Malcolm’s death is among thou- it will take place at the Pennington sands each year that falls into the Montessori School, 4 Tree Farm category of Sudden Unexplained Road in Hopewell, where Malcolm By JOe EMANsKi the communities of Hopewell Val- municipal centers. Death in Childhood, or SUDC. In was once an attendee. ley and Lawrence Township — such cases, children 12 months of Thousands of people use the Race day will begin at 9 a.m., It would be fair to describe Law- and made the idea a reality, one trail for recreation each year. The age or older die suddenly in ways when kids 8 and under are invited that remain unexplained even to a fun run. At 9:30, walkers, jog- rence Hopewell Trail co-founders stretch of pathway at a time. nonprofit Lawrence Hopewell Now a 22-mile loop of linked Trail Corporation hosts several after a thorough investigation of gers, shufflers, stroller pushers Becky Taylor and Eleanor Horne biking and pedestrian segments, marquee events of its own, includpossible causes. and runners are welcome to join as visionaries. A little over 20 years ago now, the LHT has developed with the ing the Full Mood Ride and Trail “He was thriving, just incred- for the 5K or 5-mile routes. ibly healthy (before that),” Kim “There are a number of reasons the pair took an idea that critics support of numerous public, pri- and Treat. says. “We would often refer to him we chose an event like this. One is said was impracticable — a net- vate and nonprofit organizations. None of it would have been posWelcome to Capital Health. as ‘sturdy.’ He was joyful, he was that we run as a practice of stress work of walking and biking paths The paths wind through public sible without the perseverance and See LHT, Page 8 See MALCOLM, Page 6 connecting a clear path through parks, corporate campuses and all sunshine, he was happy, and it When someone you care about is sick, you’ll do whatever it takes to make sure they get the best care. And so do we.
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