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The Hazelwood Central High School track team is partnering with the Foundation for Children with Cancer to raise money for the organization and the team.

The Hazelwood Central 20-Minute Fun Run is Saturday, March 17 from 10 a.m. to noon. Athletes will meet on the school track and run as many laps as possible in 20 minutes. Team members are accepting flat donations or asking sponsors to give an amount per lap for the run. Minimum donations per lap are $1; if an athlete completes 10 laps in the 20-minute time period, the donor would give $10.

The event serves two purposes – to maintain the tradition of the HCHS track program and purchase equipment to provide enhanced training, and to support the Foundation for Children with Cancer, a local charity.

The team is also hosting Cintas Paper Shredding during the fun run. Community residents are invited to bring documents and papers for shredding between 10 a.m. and noon.  Donations will be accepted and the money raised will be shared between the HCHS track team and the foundation.

Track coaches Rich Copenhaver and Geoff Lorimier said the goal is to raise $2,000 for the cancer foundation and $2,000 for the track team, for a total of $4,000.

The top three athletes who raise the highest amounts of donations will be awarded prizes. First prize is a $100 Best Buy gift card. Second prize is a HCHS Infinity Track Suit, valued at $65, and third prize is a HCHS Track and Field fleece sweatshirt, valued at $20.

For questions, contact Rich Copenhaver at rcopnhvr@hazelwoodschools.org

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