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.
preeti chopra
Thanks for visiting my web page.
After being a part of Asha for the last five years and knowing what it does and the people who do it, my belief in its cause has never been stronger. This year to continue supporting several of Asha Dallas’ projects and to reinforce my commitment to its cause, I have pledged to raise $100 per mile by running the Dallas White Rock half marathon (13.1 miles i.e. 20.96 km)), my first ever, on Dec 13th.
I have never been any kind of a runner. In fact, I started training with the Dallas Running Club this summer. When I started out I could only run for 5 mins at a stretch and just this past weekend I completed my first ever 11mile run well in time.
Each Saturday morning when I want to sleep in, every Wednesday when I want to crash on the couch, for every extra mile that I have to run or every hill that I have to train on, I push myself knowing that every physical effort I make will help me provide a better future for someone back home.
An encouraging thing that I would like to also mention is that the American way magazine voted Asha as one of the top five reasons to run for.
I would appreciate words of encouragement and active donations from you and your friends. Please see project goals, success story, photos and information in site visit reports on the right side at http://www.ashanet.org/dallas/projects/index.html to be convinced of the worth of your donation.
All donations are tax deductible. Pls click on the Donate button on the right side of this page and as I said every bit will be greatly appreciated.
“…and miles to go before I sleep…” Preeti, with your convictions, sincerity and persistence, I am sure you will accomplish what you have set out for. And yes, your effort is a constant reminder to me of the great cause you are working toward. Good luck for the run.