Philadelphia
ING Run For Something Better in Philadelphia
Program Overview:
- The program will finish their 12 week running program with a final mile run event held at Belmont Plateau on Thursday during the ING Philadelphia Distance Run week. ING provides transportation, lunches, t-shirts and incentives to the participants at the kickoff mile event. Participants who will participate ran in school 4 days a week, for 12 weeks during the spring to complete their program and they will receive a finishing medal at the final mile event. Each participant will run over 150 miles throughout the program.
Beneficiaries:
- ING Run For Something Better partners with with Competitor Group Inc. to implement the IRFSB program in the School District of Philadelphia.
Statistics:
- In 2009, over 1,000 children kicked off their program at a mile run event at Franklin Field. They will run nearly 156,000 miles throughout the program.
