Welcome to Run for Your Life Colorado!

Do you remember the freedom you felt as a child when you were allowed to just run and play?  Do you remember getting a new pair of sneakers and just opening that shoe box and taking a big sniff of that new sneaker smell?  Now imagine not having a decent pair of sneakers to run in.  Imagine having only one pair of shoes because your family doesn’t have the money to buy you a good pair of sneakers.  Imagine not going out to play and run because you don’t want to ruin that one pair of shoes you do have.  Imagine that no one cared enough to help.  Run for Your Life Colorado cares. 

In Northern Colorado almost 15 percent of all children live below the poverty line, with their families struggling to meet daily needs.  There is no extra money for these families; there is no “new” pair of sneakers for these children.  As startling as this number is, it doubles to almost 30 percent if we add in the “working class poor” families in our community.   Run for Your Life Colorado will find a way to get these children sneakers so that they may run and feel free. 

A secondary concern is the epidemic of childhood obesity, which has grown to 29 percent of all school age children, even in our health conscious state of Colorado.  Children today get less than one hour of physical activity daily.  At Run for Your Life Colorado we believe the time to act is now.  Giving children the proper footwear to get up and get active is a step in the right direction. 

Utilizing a volunteer workforce, Run for Your Life Colorado will collect new and lightly used sneakers for children at community events and through bright yellow drop bins at our partner businesses.    

We have partnered with Healthy Kids Club, sponsored by Poudre Valley Health System, and together, with your help, we can help get the children of Northern Colorado active, and give them the tools to be healthy for a lifetime! 

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