Run for Home Road Runners Club officials announced Friday that the group will donate $23,000 to the local Habitat for Humanity chapter during today’s “blitz build” of the newest Habitat home in New Philadelphia, at 342 Second St. NW.
The money donated represents proceeds from last month’s Union Hospital Run for Home.
“Because of strong sponsorship support and a record number of participants, we’re thrilled to provide Habitat with a donation that is nearly twice the amount we raised last year,” said Matt Ritzert, Run for Home Road Runners Club president.
In four years, the Run for Home has generated more than $55,000 for the Tuscarawas Valley Habitat for Humanity.
“We want to thank all our sponsors and the groups and individuals who support the Run for Home and make it a success,” Ritzert said.
The Run for Home Road Runners Club presented Charles Mackey Awards to Union Hospital and Mark's Place Spa/Salon for outstanding employee participation. The award honors the race sponsors whose employees run or walk the most miles in various events, which Ritzert said bolsters the mission to promote community fitness.
For the second straight year, The Adventure Zone of the New Philadelphia First Baptist Church received the “Best Aid Station” award.
“Our aid station volunteers do a great job supporting the participants and once again the judges were impressed with the great enthusiasm and energy the youth group displayed during the race,” said volunteer coordinator Terri Miller. The Run for Home is supported by more than 200 volunteers. “We really appreciate all the groups and individuals who make everything happen on race day,” added Miller.
The club is already preparing for next year's race April 15.
“We want to make some adjustments that will help us continue to grow and improve but our mission will remain the same,” Ritzert said. “Provide outstanding running and walking events, promote community fitness, and generate money for Habitat for Humanity.”
Run sponsors include Union Hospital, Allied Machine and Engineering Corp., AultCare, Dover-Phila Federal Credit Union, Dominion, Mark's Place Salon and Spa, Parkway Nissan Lincoln, Hennis Care Centre of Dover and Bolivar, Krugliak, Wilkens, Griffiths & Dougherty Attorneys-at-Law, Lauren Manufacturing, Super Fitness, Hitchcock Sound Company, Second Sole Shoes and Apparel, Dominos Pizza and the Dairy Farmers of Tuscarawas County. Additional sponsors include Smith Ambulance, Buehlers of Dover and New Philadelphia, First Federal Community Bank, John Patrick Picard Architect, Dover Orthopaedic Center, Robert's Medical Uniforms, First National Bank of Dennison, and the Charles Mackey Family.
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