Press Release - Big Sur International Marathon - 5/15/06

 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                      Contacts: Franca Gargiulo
                                                Director of Media Relations
                                                (415) 564-2600
                                                
                                               

          Big Sur International Marathon's "Just Run" Program 
              Receives Children's Miracle Network Grant 

CARMEL, Calif. - The 2006 Big Sur International Marathon has announced 
receipt of a $20,000 grant from Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital thru the 
Children's Miracle Network for the recently inaugurated "Just Run", a 
cooperative program designed to promote health and fitness to school 
children in the 2nd thru 8th grades.

"We are delighted with this support," said Mike Dove, Founder and Director 
of the "Just Run" program. "The Children's Miracle Network has made is 
possible for us to expand our fitness, health and wellness program to many 
other schools that may not ordinarily get the chance to participate and 
reach children that may not otherwise have access to health and wellness 
programs."

For more information, visit: www.JustRun.org

During the recent BSIM race weekend in late April, 40 schools and over 
2,500 students - many from the "Just Run" program - participated in the 
KION 5K Family Fun Run.

Founded by Marie Osmond and John Schneider, Children's Miracle Network is 
an international non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for and 
awareness of children's hospitals. Begun in 1983, Children's Miracle 
Network's first fund-raising effort was a television special broadcast by 
30 television stations and originating from a small studio in Provo, Utah. 
That first year Children's Miracle Network and 22 hospitals in the United 
States raised $4.7 million



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