From Our House to
YOURS
SPRING 2025
FA M ILY STO RY:
The Baumgartner Family 2 Nights
Marathon for Hope A Story of One Mom’s 26.2-Mile Journey to Support RMHC
“I am determined to find a silver
Why would a middle-aged mother of four
In shock, the couple boarded a flight from
lining in what could have been a
decide to run her first full marathon?
Las Vegas heading to Fargo. As the plane
forever tragedy in our lives.”
“My why is because I am determined to find a silver lining in what could have been a forever tragedy in our lives,” wrote
hurtled them a thousand miles across the country, Nikole fought back tears, her mind consumed with fear.
Nikole Jo Baumgartner in a heartfelt note
On that fateful day, Clara left school early
posted online.
with a severe headache. Next thing she
In October, 2022, Nikole and her husband, Paul, were enjoying a few days in Las Vegas when they received a call that every parent fears. Back in their hometown of Roseau, Minnesota, their teenage daughter Clara had suffered a ischemic stroke and was being airlifted to Fargo for an emergency surgery to remove a clot in her brain.
knew, the young girl suddenly got dizzy and dropped to the floor. “It happened when nobody was home, which was the scary part. She had to crawl up to her room and laid in her bed until her grandma came to check on her. That’s when they called 911 and she went to the ER,” Nikole explained.
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Nikole Jo Baumgartner