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World Learning/SIT to Host Race for a Reason to Benefit Haiti
BRATTLEBORO, VT (March 25, 2010) -- World Learning/SIT invites runners and walkers at all levels to sign up for the 8th annual Race for a Reason on May 1, 2010. All proceeds from the 5k/10k race will go to AyitiKonseVet, a nonprofit organization that runs agricultural projects in schools and communities in Haiti.
The race will be held on the scenic World Learning/SIT campus in Brattleboro, Vermont. Student organizers at the SIT Graduate Institute hope to raise $10,000 to benefit AyitiKonseVet.
Registration is underway, with an early-bird discount price of $20 for adults and $15 for students. Participants pay $25 after April 5 and $30 on race day. Children under 12 years old are free. The race fee includes post-race food and plenty of community members and SIT graduate students to cheer you on at the finish line.
| WHAT: | 8th Annual Race for a Reason, hosted by World Learning/SIT |
| WHERE: | World Learning/SIT Campus, 1 Kipling Road, Brattleboro, Vt., 05302 |
| WHEN: | Saturday, May 1, 2010, 9 a.m. |
| HOW: | Register at www.raceforareason2010.wordpress.com, or request a mail-in form at sitnetimpact@gmail.com |
Established in 1999, AyitiKonseVet works to improve nutrition for Haitian children and educate them about agriculture, the environment and food security through planting gardens in their schools. The project also conducts literacy classes for adults and children, manages microfinance projects that provide families with extra income and links Haitian children to counterparts in Vermont to build friendships and partnerships.
Race for a Reason is an annual project of SIT’s chapter of Net Impact, an international network of socially conscious professionals and academics who use business solutions to make positive changes in the world. Past beneficiaries have included the American Cancer Society, Spina Bifida Clinic: Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth, and the ALS Association of New England.
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