Running with Asha
Asha for Education is a volunteer run organization aiming to catalyze socio-economic change in India through education. The objectives of the group are:
- To provide access to education for underprivileged children in India
- To promote universal education and decrease child labor
- To support grass roots initiatives in deprived and marginalized communities in India
- To address, whenever possible, other issues affecting human life such as health care, environmental and socio-economic issues, women's issues, human rights issues, etc.
As a part of Team Asha this runner has committed to meet the above objectives through your support. Please read the runner's personal statement below and use the donate button on the right to make a contribution to the runner's objective.
Prasanna Varadarajan
This year I plan to run the Dallas White Rock Marathon on December 13 with Team Asha. For this marathon, I have pledged to raise $2620 ($100 for every mile) and I need your support. The funds that would be raised will go towards projects supported by Asha-Dallas. You can read more about Asha-Dallas projects at http://www.ashanet.org/dallas/projects.
Please help me reach my goal by sponsoring part of my run- a mile, half mile or quarter mile. You can either make an online donation by clicking the donate button on this page or mail checks to me. Seriously, anything you can give will be greatly appreciated! You can also help spread the word to your family and friends. I hope to reach my fund raising goal by November 1, 2009. You can send your contribution any time, right up to December 31st, but remember “to delay means to forget”.
Finally, I want to thank you for anything you can do to help this truly worthy cause. Your contribution can and will make a difference.
