09/18/2025
Bittersweet news! Boston Children’s Hospital has decided that they will no longer host the annual Yoga Reaches Out yogathon event after nearly 15 years! We want to emphasize how incredibly proud and grateful we are for the opportunity to fundraise and show up in service for the greater good of humanity. What an incredible, meaningful journey it’s been. 🙏
The UPY TEAM has been the 🌟Top Fundraising Team🌟 year after year!!! In recent years, our team has been led by co-captains, Lisa Howard and Julie Elpus, prior to that Jen Palmer and Lisa led the team, and in the early years, Jen and Jacqui Bonwell were team co-captains, combining Jacqui’s community and the UPY community. 🫶🏼
A walk down memory lane:
2012 attended without teams!
2013-2017 estimated $30k per year (Combined with Jacqui Bonwell team!) $150k
2018 $41,180 (Combined with JB team!)
2019 $36,452 (Combined with JB team!)
2020: $30,982
2021: Virtual
2022: $33,597
2023: $48,397 👏 Jen on stage!
2024: $56,504 👏 Lisa on stage!
2025: $37,283 👏 Julie on stage!
TOTAL estimated $434,395 raised by the UPY TEAM for Boston Children’s Hospital!! 🫶🏽 The event has raised a whopping $5M!!
Let’s always remember when our amazing teachers took the stage!! Jen Palmer took the main stage in 2023, Lisa Howard in 2024 and Julie Elpus in 2025!! 🧘🏻♀️ Jen, Lisa and Julie have been involved with Yoga Reaches Out since the beginning, always bringing a positive light and a powerful energy to the event.
THANK YOU to the entire UPY team and community for all your fundraising efforts which have made a HUGE impact helping patients and families at Boston Children’s Hospital. Every single person who attended YRO, went to a benefit class or donated to our team over the years helped make a difference. We couldn’t have done it without you. 🙌
Thank you again for being part of our mission to come together in service! And thank you, and for this beautiful event and soul-fulfilling memories. 💙🫶🏼