10 Days of 10Ks

10 DAYS OF 10Ks TO FIGHT HUNGER!

The Challenge

There will be a 10K group run every day from August 17 through August 26 to benefit the MEND Green Bean – providing fresh and healthy food to people experiencing food-insecurity. Donate $10 (or more!) to the cause, and do one run, do all ten, support another runner, or make up your own challenge playing on the theme of 10x10! 

The Cause

While we challenge ourselves to achieve our own fitness goals, let’s also raise money to get healthy, fresh food to those who need it. Please donate $10 to the Green Bean – a recently converted school bus that MEND (Meeting Essential Needs with Dignity) is using to collect and distribute fresh and healthy food to food-insecure people in Essex County. Because it is mobile, the Green Bean is able to deliver produce and eggs, not just shelf-stable items. Last year, MENDs interfaith network of 17 food pantries provided supplemental food to over 117,000 people 37% of whom are children.

Make up your own challenge!

10 days of 10Ks isn’t for everybody – your knees or work schedule might say no to that. But there are about a million other ways you join in, improve your fitness, and raise some money for the Green Bean! You might want to run just one of the days, a couple of them, do 5 days of 5Ks. You might prefer to walk 10 laps of the track or swim 10 laps of the pool. The cyclists, triathletes, and distance gurus might want to bump it up to 10 milers. Or you may want to pledge money to another person’s effort.  However you would like to get involved, we welcome you to join the challenge and to raise some money for the Green Bean.

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