On April 19, the Somerville Youth Development and Boxing Club will be sponsoring a Jump Rope Marathon in honor of MIT and Somerville Police Officer Sean Collier. Sean was instrumental in establishing the Somerville Youth Development and Boxing Club in 2011 and the children and adults of the boxing club, who knew him, worked with him and loved him, will remember and honor him, his ethic of hard work and his selflessness by jumping rope continually for 10 hours. We are asking people to support our efforts by pledging any amount of money toward this cause. All proceeds will go to the Sean Collier Memorial Fund.

Please support our efforts by helping us get the word out through your media and/or by coming by and interviewing the kids that day. It is our hope to keep Sean’s memory and his spirit alive at the boxing club so that it will always serve as a never-ending example for all the youth that walk through our doors.

For more information please contact Lee Williams, phone: (617) 893-8938, email: wilf2001@comcast.net or Bruce Desmond, phone: (617) 800-3401, email: brucemdesmond@yahoo.com.