Team Active Elite Member to Run for Troops
Orlando woman plans to run 21 marathons in nine months to raise funds for Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) and Operation USO Care Package.
ORLANDO, FL (PRWEB) August 4, 2004 –- Orlando runner Shirley Pratt of Team
Active Elite plans to run 21 full marathons in nine months to honor and support
U.S. armed forces involved in the global war on terrorism. Her 21 Run Salute
campaign will span 20 different states and Washington D.C., and raise money for
two charities, the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) and the
Operation USO Care Package. Pratt will begin running marathons every one to two
weeks starting in September, 2004, until Memorial Day weekend, 2005.
Pratt, 42, is a long-time runner who began running marathons only last
year but has already run 12 marathons and won several awards. She is a certified
group fitness instructor, running coach, and second degree Black Belt martial
artist. Early in 2004, she was selected from thousands of amateur athletes to be
a member of Team Active Elite, a sponsored athlete program, for her past road
racing achievements and leadership abilities. Team Active Elite, sponsored by
Egg Beaters®, Road ID™ and Active.com, provides Pratt with branded apparel to
wear, new products to improve athletic performance, and incentives for promoting
them.
“Running 21 marathons in nine months will be a challenge, but our
troops and their families are the ones enduring incredible hardships and making
real sacrifices on our behalf,” says Pratt. “Each race is dedicated to service
members from the state or area of the country where the race is being held. I’m
happy to accept contributions of any size knowing that thousands of small
contributions can accomplish a lot for our troops and their families, as well as
larger corporate donations. And if anyone else would like to run for our troops,
I’ve come up with a way they can do that as well.”
Having found no major
charity teams running for the troops, Pratt has organized this effort on her own
and is also forming virtual running teams who together will run 21 races (any
distance) to complete their own 21 Run Salute. Funds raised by the 21 Run Salute
campaign will help families of service members who have made the ultimate
sacrifice in service to their country and raise the morale of troops who are in
harms way now. For more information or to donate, visit www.21RunSalute.org.
About Team Active Elite
Team
Active Elite, presented by official sponsors Egg Beaters®, Road ID™ and
Active.com, is a sponsored athlete program developed and managed by Active
Marketing Group. Active Marketing Group, the innovative marketing services
division of The Active Network, Inc., helps team sponsors get their brands in
front of millions of active consumers across the country through peer-to-peer
marketing by amateur endurance athletes. Team Active Elite sponsors include Egg
Beaters (www.eggbeaters.com), the leading egg alternative by ConAgra
Foods with all the protein of whole eggs but less than half the calories and
less fat and cholesterol; Road ID™ (www.roadid.com), the premier line of identification for active
people; and Active.com (www.active.com), one of the Web’s best resources to find,
learn about, and register for participatory sports events and recreational
activities. For more information, visit http://www.active.activeelite.com/ or http://active.com/community/activeathletes/
Media
Contact:
Shirley Pratt
Marathoner / Principal Fundraiser
(321)
279-3310
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http://www.21RunSalute.org
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