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Local Non Profit Helps Over 450,000 School Aged Children Complete a Marathon (Monday, July 26th, 2010)

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“This fall KRA’s Final Mile Event is at Elitch Gardens on October 9th. Modeled after the Disney Marathon the course runs through the grounds of Elitch Gardens, with a Finisher Celebration Party at the finish line! Kids Running America has partnered up with Crocs Caressm to help encourage Colorado Kids to get and stay healthy. The KRA team that has the most participants completing this fall’s marathon program will each be given a pair of Crocs™ Shoes at the Final Mile Event. Kids Running America believes that physical education is very important to today’s youth. So, in that spirit, KRA is giving the Colorado school with the most runners $500 towards their P.E. department.”

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many children cannot

go to school without the basic necessity such as a pair of shoes.

in ethiopia, one million people

suffer from a disease caused by walking barefoot in volcanic soil [...] (globalshift.org)

millions of people

around the world cannot afford basic necessities such as a pair of shoes.

more than 300 million people

live on less than $1 a day (”globalissues.org”).

2.6 billion people

in the world lack basic sanitation (”globalissues.org”).

some 1.1 billion people

in developing countries have inadequate access to water (”globalissues.org”).

nearly a billion people

entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names (”globalissues.org”).

over 1.4 billion people

globally live on less than $1.25 per day (”Worldbank.org”).

35.9 million people

live below the poverty line in America, including 12.9 million children (”soundvision.com”).

1.7 billion people

live in poverty globally (”Wikipedia.org”).