FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Annie Bradberry
Director of Development
The 100 Mile Club®
Phone: 951-340-2290
The 100 Mile Club®, a Corona-based non-profit organization focused on physical
fitness and life skills for children, recently received a grant from the San
Manuel Band of Mission Indians.
The
organization was among other local non-profits to receive grants from the San
Manuel Band of Mission Indians charitable giving program which supports
organizations that provide services in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties with the focus to improve quality
of life for adults, children and families. San Manuel has contributed more than
$50 million to charities since 2001. Through partnerships with charitable
organizations and community groups San Manuel honors the ancestral Serrano
value of sharing resources with others.
The
San Manuel grant awarded to The 100 Mile Club® will fund 1,000
Inland
Empire children this new school year.
Realizing physical activity provides
significant benefits to the health status of our kids and our community, The 100 Mile Club® created a simple,
innovative, sustainable answer to the current health crisis of inactivity in
our youth. The program runs the length of the school year and has an incentive
program that adds excitement while teaching children how to become responsible
and accountable for their own success.
“With San Manuel’s support we are winning the
battle on childhood obesity and inactivity one child, one school, and one
community at a time” said Kara Lubin, founder of the Corona-Norco based
organization.
About the San Manuel Band
of Mission Indians
The San Manuel Band of
Serrano Mission Indians is a federally recognized American Indian tribe located
near the city of Highland, Calif. The Serrano Indians are the indigenous people
of the San Bernardino highlands, passes, valleys and mountains who share a
common language and culture. The San Manuel reservation was established in 1891
and recognized as a sovereign nation with the right of self-government. Since
time immemorial, the San Manuel tribal community has endured change and hardship.
Amidst these challenges the tribe continued to maintain its unique form of governance.
Like other governments it seeks to provide a better quality of life for its
citizens by building infrastructure, maintaining civil services and promoting
social, economic and cultural development. Today San Manuel tribal government
oversees many governmental units including the departments of fire, public
safety, education and environment.
About The 100 Mile Club®
Inspired by
the 1992 Summer Olympics, special education teacher Kara Lubin used the
universal dream of becoming a gold medalist to inspire her hard-to-motivate
students. That year, The 100 Mile Club was born from a simple idea -- run 100
miles within the school year and earn a gold medal. The 100 Mile Club teaches
children how to exercise safely, instill fun and healthy habits that will last
a lifetime. Physical activity is important to children’s health and learning.
For children, physical activity is linked to improved readiness to learn,
better educational outcomes, and improved health.
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