PAWS Chicago Marathon Team Goes the Distance
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Nearly 200 runners dedicated their summer training to the PAWS Chicago Marathon Team, raising over $130,000 for homeless animals.
Team members agreed to collect $600 each, in return for a host of “perks” including motivational CDs, a Pawsta dinner, running shirts, seminars, fun runs with shelter dogs, a training log, and complimentary membership with the Chicago Area Runners’ Association. In addition, team members got V.I.P treatment among the race’s 45,000 runners in the PAWS Chicago charity tent, where they enjoyed food, free massages, private bathrooms and their own gear check. Most importantly, runners ran knowing that the money they raised and the effort they put in would help to save lives and find homes for Chicago’s homeless pets.
As if running the 26.2 miles on the unusually warm October day wasn’t enough, many team members raised well over the required minimum. Congratulations to the PAWS Chicago Marathon Team for their hard work and commitment, and to PAWS making this year’s team effort such a success.
A special thanks to PAWS Chicago’s top fundraisers: Steven Davis, Matt and Anna Bluhm, Rachel Ittner, Allyson Behm and Emily Streit.
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