Several Clinton School students are running in the Little Rock Marathon this Sunday and another has helped the event add a public service component for participants.
Becca Swearingen has worked this year with the marathon to form partnerships with charities to give them an additional platform within the community for raising funds and awareness for their organizations.
Those partner organizations include: Lymphoma and Leukemia Society (Team In Training), Susan G. Komen Foundation (Marathon for the Cure), Arkansas Rice Depot, ARNAPVI (Arkansas National Association of Parents of Visually Impaired), March of Dimes, American Heart Association, Little Rock Parks and Rec, and NF Endurance (Children’s Tumor Foundation).
Marathon participants have been raising money over the last four months and the organizations will play an active role throughout the weekend.
The students who will run the race this year include:
Full:
Julie Meyer
Half:
Cory Biggs
Patrick Banks
Taylor Ballinger
Mark Lienhart
Jessica Rice
Andrew Morgan
Erin O’Leary
Hilary Trudell