There’s a saying we use around the Marathon Kids office: “If you’ve visited one Marathon Kids club, you’ve visited one Marathon Kids club.” They’re all so different. Each club is […]
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AUSTIN, Texas – Marathon Kids, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, announced today the addition of former Olympian Sanya Richards-Ross to the board of directors. As a standout freshman track and field
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Three years ago, Gigi was a brand new member of the Pershing Panthers Run Club. She was a shy and timid first grader, always seeking approval from her teachers. Now
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Marathon Kids Jackie and Daisy don’t have a lot of safe spaces for outdoor play in their Los Angeles neighborhood. The nearby parks have been taken over by gang activity,
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Jane Kim is a college senior at the University of Texas in Austin, studying corporate communications. She is constantly on her phone or laptop, she says, and the barrage of
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Berni Lynn-Fischer first heard about Marathon Kids from her friend Cynthia Curb. Curb was a physical education coach at the A.E. Butler Intermediate School in Quinlan, Texas, a small town
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AUSTIN, Texas – Marathon Kids, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, today announced a generous donation from the Fort Bend Medical Society Alliance for the 2018-19 school year. Marathon Kids
AUGUST 7, 2018 – AUSTIN, Texas – Marathon Kids, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that shows kids through running that they can achieve more than they ever thought possible and
As a Physical Education teacher at a Title I school in Cornelius, Oregon, Coach Ashleigh Crunican knew that her students were dealing with issues like homelessness, abusive households, and struggles
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Lizbeth Tello saw that her students at GRATTS Elementary School weren’t moving enough and she wanted to change that. An avid runner herself, she knew just what to do. Her
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