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Looking for an upcoming race where your race registration money will go to a great cause?
Share Your Soles, a non-profit organization in Alsip, is putting on a 5k and 10k race May 31, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.
The charity was started by Mona Purdy after she traveled to Central America in 1999. While there she saw local children brushing tar on the bottoms of their feet to run a race during a village festival. Returning home, she started collecting new and gently used shoes and took them to an orphanage in Honduras.
Since then, word has traveled and Purdy has continued to gather and send shoes all over the world.
The $30 entrance fee to the race, which starts on the east lawn of Soldier Field, is enough to clean, pack and ship 10 pairs of shoes. Last year the race was small, with only 150 runners, but successful. Share Your Soles is hoping to double participant numbers this year. Race day registration will be available.
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Leslie Patton
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