By STU CLAMPITT
news@readthereporter.com
Amy Shinneman was born with an undiagnosed neuromuscular disease that causes very weak muscles and affects her ability to walk.
She has never had the opportunity to run, but thanks to the help and support of her family, along with a device called a duo chair, she has been able to participate in multiple marathons, including both the Chicago and New York City Marathons in 2021, the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon last November, and her family’s next stop is the famed Boston Marathon on April 17, 2023.
“We are again running for MDA through Team Momentum,” Shinneman told The Reporter. “We have set our biggest fundraising goal yet at $30,000. It’s a big goal, but we feel like we can do it.”
Team Momentum is the MDA overall team name, while the Shinnemans’ individual team is still Humbly Courageous.
Photo by Jose Perez Photography
The Shinneman family runs is one of the many ways National MDA Ambassador Amy Shinneman and her team, Humbly Courageous, awareness and money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Shinneman was first named as a national ambassador in 2022 and the MDA has chosen to ask her to fill that role for them again in 2023.
You can support Team Humbly Courageous and their goal of raising both awareness and research money for the MDA by donating at this link.
They have raised nearly $13,000 so far. Surely readers of The Reporter can help push closer to that goal!
You can read The Reporter’s coverage of the Shinnemans’ fascinating story from high school sweethearts, through adversity, and into four marathon runs and Amy’s role as MDA National Ambassador at this link.
Follow Amy Shinneman on Facebook at Facebook.com/amy.l.shinneman.
You and your family are an inspiration!