Rolek to run perimeter of Manhattan for charity (neat!)

One of our favorite Forever Foxes, Mike Rolek (Class of 2008), asked me to post the following information about a charity run around Manhattan in early November. It’s a pretty cool loop and an even better cause. For those old-timers and/or lovers of ultra running history, the great Ted Corbitt used to run the perimeter of Manhattan as a training run quite frequently. Rolek is following in Ted’s famous footsteps. Highly neat. Here’s the information Mike asked me to pass along to the Marist Running blog family, along with the link to the donation page:

On Sunday, November 8, 2020, I'm running the perimeter of Manhattan to raise money for The Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children ("SFIC"), in connection with SFIC's "A Run for Education."  SFIC, a non-profit organization founded in 1983 by Archbishop Emeritus Peter L. Gerety, is based out of Newark, NJ and gives low-income children living in Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Union counties the opportunity to attend high-quality private and parochial elementary schools, high schools and colleges.   Since its inception, the Fund has impacted the lives of thousands of inner-city families, providing approximately 57,000 students with over $47,000,000 in partial-tuition scholarships.     

My Run is a little over 30 miles.  My original goal was to raise a little over $3,000 - we surpassed that in less than a week.  The Goal is now $5,000.  Currently, I've raised over $3,500.  If you don't mind, could you post this on the blog along with a link to my donation page (below).  It's a fantastic cause that is actually creating positive change in this world.  

https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/the-run-around-manhattan-for-the-scholarship-fund-for-inner-city-children/michaelrolek