Calling all runners!
The application for the ING New York City Marathon is officially closed… however runners can still be guaranteed entry by choosing to run for All For Africa!
The 2010 ING New York City Marathon has attracted many world-class professional athletes including marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia. The event provides its running participants with the opportunity to run before 2 million cheering spectators and 315 million worldwide television viewers!
For all of those runner enthusiasts out there who were one of the 100,000 who applied to run the marathon but were not accepted, All for Africa has a limited number of guaranteed entry spots to be filled!
Those who choose to run for All For Africa will be raising money for the organization’s Palm Out Poverty initiative and can select a beneficiary to receive the long term funding resulting from this campaign.
The plan of the initiative is simple—to plant one million oil palm trees, which will yield approximately 300,000 barrels of crude palm oil each year for 35 years (the average lifespan of a palm oil tree). 100% of the profits made from the palm oil will be placed into an endowment that will be disbursed annually to each assigned beneficiary. Beneficiary focuses include education, health, clean water, vocational training, microfinancing and other community-based initiatives on the continent.
The marathon is only 137 days away!! So if you are interested in participating please contact Meredith FitzPatrick at Meredith.FitzPatrick1@gmail.com
For more information about the marathon please check out the official website: http://www.ingnycmarathon.org/about_index.htm
By Meredith FitzPatrick
Meredith FitzPatrick is an intern with All for Africa for the summer of 2010. Meredith is a sociology major and history minor at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY. She will be entering her Senior year this fall at Hamilton where she is an active member of the “One Heart with Africa” organization which endeavors to promote the development of African Nations through education, health, water and cultural exchange projects
