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Memory Miles

Date
January 16, 2011
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Kate's Club
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Yesterday Kate's Club highlighted an impromptu memorial marathon. Today in Phoenix, Arizona over 19,000 people hit the streets for the P.F. Changs Rock n’ Roll Marathon + ½ Marathon.  Many individuals in the race were there to honor the memory of a loved one. None of them were there to win, but merely to run or walk and most importantly finish.  The images below are a small representation of the countless tributes.

Team Gigi walking in style with a blue tutu

Team Gigi walked in style

Picture of runners for fallen soldiers

Running for fallen soldiers

Picture of a runner for fallen soldiers

Team in Training… running for her mother-in-law

Team-in-Training is a national organization that raises money for the Leukemia + Lymphoma Society and has its participants run in memory or honor of someone who is battling or has lost their battle with the disease. Another great thing about the organization is that it can prepare someone of any athletic ability to run or walk in a seemingly impossible race. Races like this are intimidating - especially to non-runners - but they have a mentorship program that not only physically prepares people but emotionally helps them deal with grief.

Thank you for being a part of the launch week for  Kate's Club's blog. Please check back this coming week for more stories, resources, and highlights about how art can play an important role in the grief process.

Would you like to share your story? Please get in touch with Kate's Club! KC has free grief support with grief resources, grief counseling resources, grief training, and volunteer work in Atlanta and surrounding places in Georgia. Kate's Club is a growing nonprofit in Atlanta with grief specialists for kids and young adults going through bereavement. Our goal is to make a world where it is okay to grieve.

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