Fundraising Update

I'm very happy to have stumbled across two websites while reading Runner's World this morning that will help me fundraise this year. 

I am making a page on Crowdrise.com and linking it to the National Parks Foundation.  This is the charity closest to my running heart because of my love for trails.  I want to run some of the great national parks across the country at some point- maybe even one or two this year.  The cool thing about Crowdrise is that I should be able to link the fundraising meter right to the blog.  This is the one that I'll ask people to donate to.

I'm making a second page on plus3network.com, this one partners with corporate sponsors to make donations to charities for your choice based on hours in the gym and miles run.  The sponsors donate to your cause, which is the American Heart Association.  My two grandfathers who passed their love of running to me both suffered strokes at some point so this is something that is very close to my endeavor as well.  I encourage anyone who is active to make a page and be friends with me on the network!

I plan on making a separate donation of $1 per mile that I run to the American Heart Association at the end of the year.