Birch Shambaugh’s Personal Marathon Page


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Fundraising Goal: $3,000
Raised So Far: $1485

* Fundraising totals updated
every Thursday.

Name: Birch Shambaugh

Age: 36 and loving every minute of it

Running History: 2 ING Marathons, countless 1/2 Marathons and a healthy dose of other oddball adventure & endurance races.

How He’s Training: Training for a 200+ mile 24hr relay in September as a primer & logging a vigorous schedule of surfing, road miles and the occasional frosty beverage.

GRS Connection: Longtime friend of Ethan Zohn, GRS believer and a devout football fan. Go Chicago Sting!

Message: GRS is an incredibly effective organization. It harnesses the power of the world’s most magical game to make inroads and extend a lifeline of knowledge to otherwise unreachable children. If you’re going to give to one organization in the hopes of making a difference, you’d be had-pressed to choose a better one. Zero red-tape; all cause and effect. Thanks for your time and support.

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