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"Run for a Dream" - Marathon/Half Marathon Training Program launched (Saturday - April 14, 2007)

40 young women and men, who form a “Run for a Dream” team 2007 of Lend-A-Hand India, started their marathon training practice on Saturday, April 14th 2007 at Central Park in Manhattan. Vik Atal, CEO of Citi Cards and Nandita Atal kicked off the program with welcome speech to the runners who braved the freezing cold weather. It's still not too late to join the program. Write to charu<at>lend-a-hand-india.org to know more. Go to www.runforadream.org to get answers to FAQs.

The program will include professional and customized coaching, fundraising support, and other guidance (buying shoes, cross training etc) and of course, other team members to train and socialize with throughout the entire process. In return, the participants achieve a goal that many think is unachievable, meet friends along the way, AND most of all, help Lend-A-Hand India's mission to make a difference in the lives of the poor by raising funds through sponsorships for the marathon run.

Each runner has pledged support to Lend-A-Hand India and will raise funds for its flagship Project 'PLAN100'. Plan 100 aims at launching basic rural technology centers in 100 high schools in India to provide job and life skills to 20,000 young girls and boys by 2008.

Mr. John Trifoi, a master runner and RRCA certified trainer will be their coach for the next four months. The group will do its weekly practice runs under his guidance. Charu Chaturvedi, a Lend-A-Hand India volunteer is a director of the Run for a Dream initiative and Ivy Tseng, John Kerner, Leslie Hueter-Kerner and Minkyung Kim will act as running mentors for the runners.

It's still not too late to join the program. Write to charu<at>lend-a-hand-india.org to know more. Go to www.runforadream.org to get answers to FAQs.