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Fundraising Update
In: Child Abuse Info
4 Jan 2012A quick recap since we began fundraising in April 2010: With the help of many individuals, local businesses and agencies, Miles4Kids has raised more than $11,060 in cash donations and hard goods for Kansas Children’s Service League and $1260 for Youthville; both agencies who serve at-risk youth in Kansas. We hope to continue to bring [...]
I’m doing it again – I’m running in the Dallas White Rock Marathon on December 4, 2011 to raise money for 5 boys and 5 girls who are in foster care through Youthville’s Christmas Connections. Miles4Kids has “adopted” 5 boys and 5 girls through Youthville’s Christmas Connection. As one of the largest nonprofit child welfare agencies in Kansas, Youthville [...]
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We Did It!
12 May 2011Thanks to many, many wonderful people – we exceeded our fundraising goal by $385 for 2011!!! With the two combined events - Miles4Kids Fitness Challenge and the Miles4Kids Bake Sale and Silent Auction – we raised a total of $3848 for Kansas Children’s Service League’s child abuse prevention programs. Thank you to EVERYONE who helped [...]
Episode 06 – How Bad Do You Want It?
26 Mar 2011Warm up your cold afternoon! In this episode we give 5 tips each on how we juggle our busy lives with marathon training. We also have some tips from listeners. Check out the recipe of the week “Chinese Egg-Flower Soup.” Have fun listening, and please tell your friends about our show. Link for donation mentioned [...]
Episode 01 – Introduction of Miles4Kids
20 Feb 2011We are proud to introduce our very first episode of Running With Miles4Kids. In this podcast, we give an overview of what is Miles4Kids, our cause, a little background on Jerry and I, our training and fundraising updates, as well as a few shout outs. We hope you enjoy our podcast! Let us know what [...]
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Fundraising Update – We are at $1015!
20 Feb 2011Miles4Kids just received a $1000 donation from Ashton G. of Wichita, KS. Ashton graduated with a Master’s Degree Social Work at Wichita State University in 2009 and is currently working in child protection. Ashton is a fantastic social worker who enjoys her career and understands the importance of supporting programs that strengthen families and keep [...]
Spring 2011
27 Dec 2010Our next fundraising events will be in April, 2011 in recognition of National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Our events will include the Miles4Kids Bake Sale and Silent Auction and the Miles4Kids Fitness Challenge. Last spring, both events raised a total of $3200 in donations to support our local child abuse prevention agency -Kansas Children’s Service [...]
What’s next for Miles4Kids?
18 Dec 2010Our next fundraising events will be in April, 2011 in recognition of National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Our events will include the Miles4Kids Bake Sale and Silent Auction and the Miles4Kids Fitness Challenge. Last year, both events raised a total of $3200 in donations to support our local child abuse prevention agency -Kansas Children’s Service [...]
Fall 2010 Thank You…. !!!!
In: Fall 2010 Events
6 Dec 2010Miles4Kids would like to take a quick moment to thank the many people who helped us raise $2750 worth of baby items for our Fall, 2010 event for Kansas Children’s Service League. If you know anyone on this list, please leave a comment and thank them for supporting child abuse prevention programs and Miles4Kids. Thank [...]
Healthy Families Update
27 Sep 2010Today Miles4Kids dropped off the first batch of baby items to KCSL’s Healthy Families Program. Shae Dawn Ross of the Healthy Families program had this to say: “Thank you for your donations that we received today! It was perfect timing! The formula was a great help, because we had to dump 37 cans of our [...]
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Jerry’s DailyMile
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04:38 /10:35 pace
pouring rain, windy and cold - the whole time. Well, no training runs in the rain - and the marathon in the rain, what a deal! posted 384 days ago
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Christina’s DailyMile
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This workout is on the verge of being classified a very brisk walk *sigh*. Well I'm struggling with my runs for a few reasons - loss of... posted 2 days ago
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- 1613 mi
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