Welcome
to Run for Your Life
Colorado!
Started in 2009, Run For Your
Life Colorado was begun to help school age children-in-need take
positive steps daily toward become more physically active by giving them
running shoes. However, with almost 7,500 children in Fort Collins and Larimer
County living below the federal poverty line it can sometimes seem
like an endless task trying to reach and help them all. The number
of children almost doubles if we add in those familes considered "working
class poor". But at Run For Your Life Colorado we love a challenge.
Colorado has the distinction
of being the most fit state in our nation but our children are losing the
health battle as we see childhood obesity and overweight rates of 50%. At a time when
schools are cutting programs like physical education classes, someone needs to
take the lead in teaching our children about eating right, exercising
daily and taking positive steps at home and in their community.
That's what we’re doing at Run For Your Life Colorado. As we said before we really love a challenge!
In 2011 we will be
rolling out our first after school running program at Lopez Elementary in Fort Collins and look forward to the opportunity to develop programs in
other schools. We hope that you will help us continue our mission to make
healthy kids a vital part of our future and childhood obesity a thing of the
past.
Utilizing a volunteer
workforce, Run for Your Life Colorado collects new and lightly
used sneakers for children at community running events and through bright
yellow drop bins at our partner businesses.
We are proud partners with
the Healthy Kids Club, sponsored by Poudre Valley Health
System, Runners Roost, and Northside
Community Center working together to make sure every child in our
community that wishes to gets the tools to be healthy for a
lifetime
"Never look down on anybody
unless you're helping him up."
- Jesse Jackson
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