Lucas James' Fundraiser

Welcome to our fundraiser in honor of

Lucas James Swartz

Saturday August 26th, 2023

Workout: 9am and 10am

Immediately following

Family BBQ 11am - 2pm

Your ticket is for admission to the event and includes one grilled item and one water.

Please bring additional funds for raffles, food, drinks, fun and games! *Cash only*

Thanks for taking time to come to this page. My name is Amber Thompson and my fiance's name is Nick Swartz. We are Luke's mom and dad. We wanted to take some time to tell you our story so you knew what you’d be donating to and why it matters so much to us.

In August of 2022, Nick and I were happily surprised to find out we had a baby on the way! From that moment on we fell in love with our baby, and decided to keep gender a surprise. I took that babe in my belly along with us to Paris, to watch the Phils make their World Series run, and even down to Broad street to celebrate the Eagles! I had a perfectly healthy pregnancy for a full 40 weeks. After a night of not feeling many kicks, we headed to the hospital to check on our baby. It was then we got the devastating news that our baby was no longer with us. A rare "lightening strike" situation.

After a beautiful labor and delivery, on April 26th, 2023 at 2:13am Lucas James Swartz was born into heaven. At 7lbs 14oz and 21 inches, he was an absolutely perfect angel. Since that heart breaking day, we have received support and resources from some really amazing stillborn and infant loss organizations. We wanted to take the opportunity to raise money and give back to them the same way they so selflessly gave to us. These organizations provide support for stillbirth and infant loss families. This includes mental health resources for loss parents as well as bereavement education for medical providers and much more. We want to honor our son Lucas, and destigmatize the conversations around stillbirth. 

On August 26th we are hosting a fundraising event at our gym, Spartan Gym! We will be hosting a workout followed by a family friendly BBQ with food, drinks, games, and raffles!

You will see three ticket options available. Please select the appropriate start time for your workout, or select general admission if you wish to not workout. Following the workout, we will have food, adult beverages, mock tails, soft drinks available for cash purchase. 100% of the proceeds will be going to the organizations we have listed at the bottom of this page. We will also have great raffle baskets from some really amazing businesses we will be sure to list as they are collected.

We look forward to celebrating the strength of bereaved parents and honor all of the babies we have lost too soon.

Sincerely,
Amber Thompson & Nick Swartz
Luke's Mom & Dad

If you are a business or individual looking to donate, please feel free to email us.
LucasJames.Swartz@Gmail.com

Organizations we are fundraising for:

Adalyn Rose Foundation
Aubrey's Advocate
Noelle's Light
Butterfly Basket