Thursday
Oct122006
An appeal from Shweyta
Thursday, October 12, 2006 at 7:25PM A good friend, Shweyta, is running the DC Marathon (the deja-vu in my life is extraordinary, I tell you). She has this message for all your kind hearted and charitable folks out there.
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Help provide Basic Education for Children in India.
Hello Everyone,
As most of you already know, I recently ran the NYC Half-Marathon
on Aug 27th, 2006 in 2 hours, 1 minute and 27 seconds. (Yah when they
say ask a runner the true value of 1 minute and 27 seconds, they mean
it:) I kept telling myself, I could have sprinted for that time and
made the Half in under 2 hours.
on Aug 27th, 2006 in 2 hours, 1 minute and 27 seconds. (Yah when they
say ask a runner the true value of 1 minute and 27 seconds, they mean
it:) I kept telling myself, I could have sprinted for that time and
made the Half in under 2 hours.
Its been 21 weeks now that I have been training and can say with
surety, that it's been a very rewarding and evolving experience; both
physically and spiritually. I have now decided to take the
plunge and run the Marathon this year too; I will be running the Marine
Corps Marathon in Washington D.C on Oct 29th 2006. With 30,000 runners participating the Marine Corps marathon is 5th largest in United States and 8th largest in the world.
I am running the marathon to raise money for ASHA, (
http://www.ashanet.org/nycnj/);
a Non-Profit organization working to provide basic education to India's
underprivileged children. The goal is to raise a $100 per mile, i.e
$2620, which will educate 10 kids for a duration of 1 year.
surety, that it's been a very rewarding and evolving experience; both
physically and spiritually. I have now decided to take the
plunge and run the Marathon this year too; I will be running the Marine
Corps Marathon in Washington D.C on Oct 29th 2006. With 30,000 runners participating the Marine Corps marathon is 5th largest in United States and 8th largest in the world.
I am running the marathon to raise money for ASHA, (
http://www.ashanet.org/nycnj/);
a Non-Profit organization working to provide basic education to India's
underprivileged children. The goal is to raise a $100 per mile, i.e
$2620, which will educate 10 kids for a duration of 1 year.
Hence; through this email and my write-up on my marathon web-page,
I urge you to donate whatever amount that you can, towards this noble
cause.
I urge you to donate whatever amount that you can, towards this noble
cause.
Here's the link where you can make your credit card donations:
I would love for you to be a part of this enlightening journey of
mine, so please keep checking back on my web-page to see my running
log/ money raised in these few weeks. I recently ran the longest
distance ever I have in my life; i.e
21 miles in 4 hours on last Saturday. There were moments during the run
when I kept looking at my watch and thought "I must be crazy to do
this", that too on a beautiful Saturday morning when I could have been
out drinking last night and had breakfast in bed like before:) But
running for a cause has changed the course of my life and thought and I
urge you to remove your wallets, take out your credit cards and make
your generous donations towards my cause of education, so that some
children in India can read.
mine, so please keep checking back on my web-page to see my running
log/ money raised in these few weeks. I recently ran the longest
distance ever I have in my life; i.e
21 miles in 4 hours on last Saturday. There were moments during the run
when I kept looking at my watch and thought "I must be crazy to do
this", that too on a beautiful Saturday morning when I could have been
out drinking last night and had breakfast in bed like before:) But
running for a cause has changed the course of my life and thought and I
urge you to remove your wallets, take out your credit cards and make
your generous donations towards my cause of education, so that some
children in India can read.
At ASHA Marathons, each one of us runs, with the belief " I run so they can read".
Robert Frost's following lines, now have a new meaning in my life:)
"The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
Lastly, I am sorry if I am spamming your mailboxes with my
fundraiser emails, but it's all for the good cause of education;
without which none of us would be what we are today! So please help
give the lesser privileged, a chance at that.
fundraiser emails, but it's all for the good cause of education;
without which none of us would be what we are today! So please help
give the lesser privileged, a chance at that.
Thanks,
Shweyta
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Now fork it over. You don't want me to come over there and smack you.
