Get Salty About Fundraising with Kate Myers

Running NYC = Fundraising 

For entry into the race — which usually has 50K+ runners every year, though as many as 100K apply — Kate is raising money to benefit Bras for Girls. This nonprofit believes every girl deserves access to sports and lack of a sports bra shouldn’t be a barrier to participation. They have provided over 95,000 sports bras to girls in need since 2017.

Kate’s goal is to raise $5,000, and to get there, she’s inviting people to be part of her upcoming book, Salty, slated for a summer 2025 release with HarperCollins. It’s a lighthearted mystery about two estranged sisters who reunite working on a yacht in the Bahamas and find themselves overcoming their differences to uncover the truth about the wealthy owner.

Kate’s first book, Excavations, came out in 2023 and went on to become a national bestseller. It also caught the attention of Amy Poehler (yes, the Amy Poehler), who has optioned a screen adaptation with NBCUniversal. Poehler even gave Excavations a shoutout on a recent episode of Seth Meyers. Oprah also named the book on her summer reading list last year.

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Want to help Kate out with her fundraising goal? Kate has set up 3 tiers of donations, so you (as a donor) can be part of Salty when it comes out next year:

• For $26.20, you will get a signed copy of the new book
• For $262, Kate will include your name in the Acknowledgments section of the new book. (First 50 donations)
• For $1,262, Kate will name a character in the book after you (potentially even a villain!) 

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We don’t know about you, but having a villain named after us in a book that could potentially become another Amy Poehler TV show sounds pretty tempting, especially when you know that money is helping girls participate in sports. If you feel the same way, hit up Kate’s fundraising page.

We also caught up with Kate to get a few more details about what it’s like to train for a marathon, fundraise for charity, and write a book all at the same time. Here’s what she told us:

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What motivated you to take on the New York City Marathon in 2024?

I’ve always been a runner, and I previously lived in Manhattan and Brooklyn, so it was a lifelong dream to run the New York City Marathon. With a newborn daughter and a book coming out, this wasn’t the ideal time, but I thought, “Screw it, I’m doing it anyway.”

I last ran a marathon when I was living in California and did the Los Angeles Marathon in 2015, but since then, I’ve become a mom and the training experience is very different this time around!

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What made you choose Bras for Girls?

I’m a monthly donor to Bras for Girls because it’s a cause that’s near and dear to me. It reduces barriers for girls to play sports, because participation in sports drops for girls around middle school. That’s when girls start to develop, and if they don’t have access to a sports bra, they may not be able to stick with athletics. It’s like a piece of equipment — you can’t really practice or play without it.

But sports bras are about $30 each, and most athletes need more than one in their laundry rotation, so it can get expensive! Bras for Girls makes sure that no girl is kept out of sports participation just because she doesn’t have the right bra. 

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What makes this such an appropriate cause for Annapolis?

I grew up in this area and attended Severn School, so I know we’re a community that cares about sports. We also know that kids who do sports tend to do better in school and develop better leadership skills, which means playing sports can be incredibly impactful for girls for the rest of their lives.

Nobody wants to think that a girl from an underserved community has to step back from sports while her male peers don’t have a similar barrier. A $26 donation could be the difference between a girl having a bra and being able to stick with sports or having to drop out.