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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News

GRS Wins Nike and Ashoka’s Changemakers Regional Competition

GRS Wins Nike and Ashoka’s Changemakers Regional Competition

(Washington, DC – August 25, 2010)  Nike and Ashoka’s Changemakers today announced the three global winners and three regional winners in the Changing Lives Through Football competition.  The six winners were chosen among nearly 300 entries that proposed innovative solutions to use football (“soccer” in the United States) to strengthen community, accelerate development and drive [...]