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H LOTS OF FUN
IT’S A RACE TO RAISE MONEY FOR LOCAL YOUTH GROUPS
It’s time to get gussied up in your By Patrick O’Donnell in each region, including BBBS of the
best country duds and hit the trail: Lehigh Valley.
the Corner Store Country Run is a rabbit — you can walk or run at your
headed for the Lehigh Valley. own pace. Competitive runners can even “You know what’s really awesome
opt for chip timing. about this event? It provides a great
Proceeds from this farm-themed 5K, platform to promote Big Brothers Big
to be held July 30 at Lehigh University’s Since 2014, the run has been held Sisters, not only here in the Lehigh
Goodman Campus, will benefit Big in 10 locations each year: Bethlehem; Valley, but all the cities it’s in,” says Pete
Brothers Big Sisters of the Lehigh Valley; Montreal, Quebec; Denver, Colorado; Waldron, head of Corporate Citizenship
the Boys & Girls Club of Allentown and Syracuse, New York; Little Rock, and Philanthropy for CrossAmerica
The Community Action Committee of Arkansas; For t Wor th, Texas; Round Partners, Allentown, the run’s local
the Lehigh Valley’s youth programs. Rock, Texas; Phoenix, Arizona; Katy, organizer. “BBBS is the largest mentoring
Texas; and San Antonio, Texas. In organization in the country and if we can
And it doesn’t matter if ya’ll are slower 2015, those 10 runs raised more than match up and really have an impact on
than a month of Sundays or faster than a million dollars for Big Brothers Big
Sisters and local children’s charities
36 INSPIRE HEALTH JULY | AUGUST 2016
IT’S A RACE TO RAISE MONEY FOR LOCAL YOUTH GROUPS
It’s time to get gussied up in your By Patrick O’Donnell in each region, including BBBS of the
best country duds and hit the trail: Lehigh Valley.
the Corner Store Country Run is a rabbit — you can walk or run at your
headed for the Lehigh Valley. own pace. Competitive runners can even “You know what’s really awesome
opt for chip timing. about this event? It provides a great
Proceeds from this farm-themed 5K, platform to promote Big Brothers Big
to be held July 30 at Lehigh University’s Since 2014, the run has been held Sisters, not only here in the Lehigh
Goodman Campus, will benefit Big in 10 locations each year: Bethlehem; Valley, but all the cities it’s in,” says Pete
Brothers Big Sisters of the Lehigh Valley; Montreal, Quebec; Denver, Colorado; Waldron, head of Corporate Citizenship
the Boys & Girls Club of Allentown and Syracuse, New York; Little Rock, and Philanthropy for CrossAmerica
The Community Action Committee of Arkansas; For t Wor th, Texas; Round Partners, Allentown, the run’s local
the Lehigh Valley’s youth programs. Rock, Texas; Phoenix, Arizona; Katy, organizer. “BBBS is the largest mentoring
Texas; and San Antonio, Texas. In organization in the country and if we can
And it doesn’t matter if ya’ll are slower 2015, those 10 runs raised more than match up and really have an impact on
than a month of Sundays or faster than a million dollars for Big Brothers Big
Sisters and local children’s charities
36 INSPIRE HEALTH JULY | AUGUST 2016
