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Sponsor Shesh's "Run for a dream"
- a dream to make a difference
Dear Friends,
First time I heard of the concept of Marathon was nearly 6 years
back when I was doing my Engineering at REC, Surathkal. I still
remember, Times of India had a big article with heading "Run Anil
Run". This was about Anil Ambani & how he took up Marathon to trim
down is 100 KG plus body! It was an inspiring story for me & boom
I also started running. I inspired many of my hostel mates to take
up running and many of us eventually ended up participating in the
10,000 meters run in the college. Running a full Marathon was always
a hidden desire in me. I always knew that New York is a place where
lot of people train for Marathon. And now life and brought me to
New York and given me an opportunity to fulfill my long cherished
dream.
Running a Marathon is not just a personal challenge to me; I am
also doing it for a cause. I attended one of the Salsa party of
Lend A Hand for India and got introduced to the kind of work Lend
A Hand for India. There is a famous quote by somebody
Give a poor man a fish to eat and he will have food for one day.
Teach him fishing and he will have food for his entire life.
This is exactly what LAHI is doing. LAHI is giving Vocational Training
and Career guidance for young boys and girls in rural and urban
India to make them employable and to help them find job. LAHI works
with lots of schools and helps them reduce the school drop out rates.
You can get the complete information about the organization on www.lend-a-hand-india.org
I am running 26.2 miles and I am trying to raise $100 per mile that
I am going to run. It would be really nice if you can contribute
some amount and support my run and help Lend A Hand for India. These
are few of the ways that your contribution to LAHI can help-->
- $100 pays for the tuition fee of two boys / girls for a vocational
training program
- $400 pays the one-year salary of a trainer at the school
- $1500 pays to purchase a PC and internet facility for a high school
- $4000 pays for the one year of operating cost of a batch of students
for training programs (includes teacher's salaries, consumables,
coordination, and monitoring) or meets the capital cost of launching
a vocational training center at a high school.
Lend-a-Hand India is a 501(C)(3) organization, and all donations
are Tax Deductible and eligible for company match programs. You
can contribute by sponsoring me online through PayPal (click on
the button below - no PayPal account required) or by check payable
to "Lend-A-Hand India" to the address below. Most of the employers
do match your contribution, which means that your contribution gets
doubled! Click here for a selected
list of companies that match donations.
Thank you!
Shesh
For a contribution by check, please make
the check payable to "Lend-A-Hand India" write
"Sponsorship for Shesh Paplikar" in the memo and mail
to:
Lend-A-Hand India
784 Columbus Avenue #10G
New York NY 10025, USA
Read about our volunteers' past experiences
Raj Gilda - New York Marathon (November
2006)
Pooja
Gupta - Queens Half Marathon (May 2006)
Raj Gilda - New York Marathon (November 2005)
Timir Naik - Run for
a Dream (October 2005)
Dina Deligiorgis
- Queens Half Marathon (May 2005)
Raj Gilda - San Diego "Rock
n Roll" Marathon (June 2004)
Raj Gilda - Paris Marathon
(April 2003)
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