A Message From Our President, Judy Wexler
We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, and are having fun getting ready for the next round of holidays in a few short weeks.
We have a wonderful new addition to our iRun4Life team – please welcome Faith Lumpkin, RDN, LDN, from the Holistic Healing Center. Faith is volunteering her time to help iRun4Life runners by providing healthy eating tips and fun nutrition information. She will also be visiting some iRun4Life schools in the spring, so you will have a chance to meet her and ask her questions.
During the week after Thanksgiving, iRun4Life participated in a Facebook Giving Tuesday Fundraiser where we raised money to help grow our iRun4Life running programs. Thank you to all our donors!
We are very excited to welcome several new elementary schools to the iRun4Life family, and we are busy getting them ready to start running in the spring. Welcome to Churchville Elementary, Sol Feinstone Elementary, Gayman Elementary, and Blue Mountain Seventh Day Adventist. As always, we want to share our mission to combat childhood obesity with other new schools, so we can spread our love of running and eating healthy to more elementary school children.
Elementary school running programs will be starting in a few short months so get your sneakers ready! Be on the lookout for your school’s sign up information in early 2020.
We are also excited to have Nikolai Derek launch our new and improved iRun4Life Instagram page, so please take a look at all the exciting posts at #iRun4Lifekids.
We have started planning the 11
th
anniversary iRun4Life Kids Only 3K Race at Doylestown Central Park on Sunday, May 17, 2020. Mark your calendars! More information will follow shortly. We are always looking for new sponsors, so if you know of any businesses who would like to be a race sponsor, please email me and I will reach out to them. Our 3K is a huge community event and it is a great opportunity to support local businesses.
Running outside always makes me feel happy, so keep up your exercise and enjoy the winter.
Happy Holidays and have a very safe and Happy New Year!
Judy
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New iRun4Life Team Member: Faith Lumpkin
Faith is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), Licensed Dietitian-Nutritionist (LDN), and holds a certificate in Functional and Integrative Nutrition. Faith works at the Holistic Healing Center in Lahaska, PA, providing outpatient nutritional counseling. She has worked as a Clinical Dietitian at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and as a Cooking Instructor for the Newtown Township Parks and Recreation. She has completed a certificate of training program in Integrative and Functional Nutrition through the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She is currently completing courses towards her Masters in Nutrition including a course on Sports Nutrition.
Faith has been a runner all of her life and is knowledgeable on the importance of sports nutrition and the impact diet can have on athletic performance. Faith has helped a wide range of clients reach their nutrition goals through tailoring treatments that address each individual's specific needs using whole foods nutrition, targeted dietary supplements, laboratory assessments, and mind-body practices. She is motivated to work with the community to help others enhance their athletic performance and make positive lifelong eating and behavioral changes.
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Welcome New iRun4Life Schools, Directors and Co-Directors!
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New Schools:
- Gayman Elementary (Central Bucks School District)
- Sol Feinstone Elementary (Council Rock School District)
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New Directors:
- Gwen Stoltz, Director, Gayman Elementary
- Courtney Robertson, Co-Director, Gayman Elementary
- Kristen VanKuren, Director, Sol Feinstone Elementary
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We have an opening for a School Director at McDonald Elementary in the Centennial School District. Email
Dean@iRun4Life.com
if interested in being a part of our program!
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COMING SOON: iRun4Life Store
Exciting news!
In early 2020, we are adding an iRun4Life Store to our website.
Lots
of great iRun4Life items will be available for purchase through Heritage Screen Printing -- cool stuff like tees, water bottles, lanyards, beanie and baseball caps, and more! We'll let you know when it's live!
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Instagram Contest
Congratulations to our Instagram Follower Winner — Jennifer Eckfield, who won an iRun4Life tee shirt and magnet! We’ll select our next winner once we reach 110 followers! Check us out and follow us on Instagram at irun4lifekids.
#iRun4Life
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2020 iRun4Life Kids Only 3K Race: Save the Date!
The date for our next race is May 17, 2020. Just keep running!
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Facebook Donate Button & Fundraising
The iRun4Life Facebook page has an active
Donate button allowing anyone to make a donation to our organization right on Facebook! Donating this way allows the full amount to be paid out, as Facebook does not charge any payment fees to charitable organizations. Please encourage people to visit our page,
www.facebook.com/iRun4Life, and click
Donate under our logo/cover photo.
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There is also an easy way to run your own Facebook fundraiser for iRun4Life. Your friends and family who view the post and would like to donate can do so right on Facebook -- it's so easy! Facebook fundraisers will help us raise money for the upcoming iRun4Life season, and will benefit the general organization fund so we can help the schools with their needs and bring in needed funds for the Kids Only 3K Race. Click
here to see how it's done!
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Recipes featuring healthy ingredients for healthy living
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Comfort food -- with a healthy twist ... the chicken is baked, not fried! Plus, everyone in the family will enjoy this dish, and you have options to make it even more healthy by serving it over zucchini noodles or roasted vegetables instead of pasta! Check it out
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Cinnamon Apple Yogut Bowl
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This healthy-treat recipe is great for a breakfast, snack or dessert! Ingredients like apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, raisins, and yogurt will make this a family favorite. You can even change up the fruit and substitute the apples with pears, and prepare enough to last a week. See the recipe
here
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Fundraising Tool: Giving Assistant
You care about our cause; and we care about YOU! That’s why iRun4Life has teamed up with Giving Assistant to make it easier to donate. Simply sign up, select our cause, and shop at over 3,000+ online stores. You’ll save money and earn cash back on your everyday purchases, all while making a difference. Click the Giving Assistant banner to start shopping!
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Did you know that you can support iRun4Life with every Amazon purchase?! You can! All you have to do is shop at
https://smile.amazon.com
-- login with your existing Amazon username and password and have access to the exact same store -- including all Prime offers. Only difference is that you will select a charity to support (see the attached "how-to" for details), and then every purchase you make at Amazon Smile will benefit iRun4Life! Consider making this easy change to support our youth running program.
#iRun4Life
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"Celebrating Youth Fitness Through Running"
P.O. Box 234, Doylestown, PA 18901
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