The Marathon ProjectTM 2010
Today is the day! Please click here and vote for the Marathon Project kids so we can go to the Hartford Marathon! You can vote every day in March at RefreshEverything.com!
If you have no idea what I'm talking about, please read below...
The Marathon Project has applied for a $25,000 grant through Refresh Everything (http://www.refresheverything.com), a fantastic new Pepsi program that offers $1.3 million in grants to worthy American causes every month.
The Marathon Project is competing with hundreds of other applicants for 10 $25,000 grants, and YOUR VOTES WILL DECIDE THE WINNERS.
The Marathon Project kids train vigorously from March through October with the ultimate goal of completing a marathon, and WE NEED YOU.
UPDATE (February 24):
They just made it a lot easier for us and now all you have to do is (STARTING MARCH 1) click on this link. Once there all you have to do is click "Vote for this idea" then either sign in using your Facebook account or sign up (which takes less than a minute):
http://www.refresheverything.com/MarathonProject
Please send this link to your friends!
Scroll to find the idea titled “Mentor and train NY’s at-risk youth to run the Hartford Marathon.” Then click Vote for this idea! (If you have Facebook, simply click the Facebook icon and go through Facebook, otherwise, signing up through Pepsi takes seconds and is a one-time thing.)
You can vote EVERY DAY in March and that’s exactly what we are hoping you will do. Oh, and tell your friends!
In a time of budget cuts and penny pinching, it costs no more than a minute of your time to make it possible for our community’s kids to achieve their monumental goal.
Thank you so much for your support of the Marathon Project and the Hudson Valley’s youth.
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About the Marathon Project
The Marathon Project is an after-school long distance running program that aims to reduce risk factors such as:
· childhood obesity
· gang involvement
· school drop out
· substance abuse
Activities include training sessions, races, team-building activities, and other meetings between April and November. Training sessions are two or three times a week and other activities are twice a month (on average).
The Marathon Project provides opportunities for students to set and achieve goals, explore avenues for character development, improve health, and build positive student/adult relationships through mentoring.
Here are some quick facts about the Marathon Project:
- The Marathon Project has been shown to build character assets like goal-setting, confidence, perseverance, and accountability, among others.
- We have modeled our program after Students Run LA (srla.org), an evidence-based program in Los Angeles, California that has proven that long-distance training can generate a diverse array of benefits in urban youth.
- The Marathon Project was awarded the “Best of the Hudson Valley” Award in its second year, 2008, for the “Best Lifeline for At-Risk Kids.”
- It is also a tremendous way for adult runners in the community, novice to expert, to help kids while helping themselves. The health and fitness benefits for a mentor keep mentors coming back year after year.
For more information about the Marathon Project, please call Mike Carozza at (845)471- 0194 or e-mail at mcarozza@capedc.org.