LifeSouth 5-Points of Life Kids Marathon

“If you build it they will come”

Citrus Schools doesn’t like to do it unless they can do it big! Well it was another recorded number, 750 plus students, that participated in the 2012 LifeSouth 5-Points of Life Kids Marathon sponsored by the LifeSouth Community Blood Centers.

The Five Points of Life Kids Marathons has Kids running 25 miles in the school year, logging each mile incrementally and running, then running the last 1.2 miles at a Kids Marathon. In addition to Citrus County Kids Marathons, currently additional places hosting races are in Gainesville and Ocala, Florida as well as Montgomery and Huntsville, Alabama. Eventually LifeSouth’s goal is to host Kids Marathons in all of LifeSouth’s districts.

Ed Keith, LifeSouth Southern Florida District Director, along with Tom Davis, LifeSouth Southern Florida Community Development Coordinator, shared that the Citrus Schools and LifeSouth 5-Points of Life Kids Marathon are each one of the largest of any Marathon events in the entire LifeSouth Organization.  Often an event has less than 200 participants.

What Are The Five Points? Blood, Apheresis, Marrow, Organ, Tissue, and Cord Blood.  LifeSouth’s Five Points of Life program represents the five ways you can share life with others through the donation of whole blood, apheresis, marrow and blood cells, cord blood and organ & tissue.

Consider becoming a Donor today.  Follow this link for more information on becoming a Donor and why!

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