Monday, November 03, 2008

The Start of Greatness

This Wednesday will be our fifth week since the launch of the Be Change Running Club for Oak Ridge Elementary. Many of the kids started school in September with the 100 mile run still fresh in their mind.

They wanted to run. So we said OK. Days later we had over fifty kids show up for the once a week after school running group. We really did not know what to do. So they ran.

A few weeks passed and we got some running shirts. The Running Zone of Sacramento sent out a request for their runners to adopt a kid for shoes. People responded.

Shoes should get here soon.



In the mean time, the vision has taken on a life of it's own. As the kids line up each Wednesday to run, we keep lining up the future.



We are trying to show them a level of living that exceeds the four square blocks that many never leave until adulthood. What would happen if we took them to see a college?

What if we took them to the ocean? The mountains? I realize I take so much for granted.

Stay tuned.

Jas
www.jasonharper.cc