Strides 4 Gianluca is an official nonprofit 501c3 whose mission is to grow the awareness for cerebral palsy (CP). CP is the most common lifelong motor disability and approximately 10,000 babies are born with CP every year.
Strides 4 Gianluca was inspired by Gianluca Aconi and his resilient spirit. Gianluca was born with right sided hemiplegic cerebral palsy. His father has combined his two passions as a runner and hockey player to advocate for CP awareness with friends and family by his side.
Our running strides bring awareness in events such as marathons, half marathons and 5Ks where our logo is proudly displayed on our shirt for every mile we tackle while also try to raise funds for our mission every step we take in those events. Gianluca has been a part of some of his father’s races by way of jogging stroller or crossing the finish line with his father hand in hand.
Our skating strides are known as CP heroes of hockey where we organize fundraising events such as charity hockey games with NHL alumni to help make CP awareness grow as well.
Both running and hockey events help raise funds for CP organizations, hospitals and research foundations in the hopes of making an impact in the CP community.
Our running strides and skating strides are focused on but not limited to CP awareness. We also spread some kindness to our community to represent our CP warriors.
Donations to our organization helps us to fund these events and help keep spreading the awareness needed for CP.
