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26 November, 2008 By
Carrie Hill
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14 Reasons to Be Thankful for Athletic Charity Events
I’ve read some great blogs here on Charity Mile about gratitude on Thanksgiving and (ideally) every day of the year. Here’s a targeted twist on gratitude – 14 reasons to be thankful for athletic charity events themselves, the very experiences we write about every week:
- You get to spend some time in the great outdoors. What could be better than a run, walk, or ride in the fresh morning air?
- It’s an opportunity to spend quality time with your family and friends. Participating in athletic charity events with your relatives and closest confidants only brings you closer.
- You improve morale and relationships among your co-workers. Even co-workers who can’t agree on anything at work can usually join together to help a local cause.
- You’re a part of something larger than yourself. You don’t have to be religious to experience that warm sense of community that occurs when people come together to help those in need.
- It’s great exercise! Especially if you train all year to particpate in the event.
- You get to set goals and then celebrate your accomplishments. Whether it’s a fundraising goal or a personal fitness goal (or both), athletic charity events provide a structure and a target you can focus on.
- You can make new connections with like-minded people and groups. These new relationships can yield both personal and professional benefits and joy.
- It’s an opportunity to teach kids about giving. Especially if the event includes special activities for children, like games or an essay contest.
- It’s a way to learn how to organize other events. Thinking of coordinating your own athletic charity event? Attending others is the best way to learn what works and what doesn’t.
- They’re fun! Enough said.
- It’s a chance to develop new skills. If you put together a team for the event, you are cultivating organizational, fundraising, and leadership skills that will bring you personal and professional opportunities down the road.
- It’s an opportunity to learn more about a cause. Enhance your knowledge by reading information offered at the event about the health, social, or environmental cause you’re supporting.
- You can discover valuable community resources. If there’s a resource fair at the event, you may learn about an agency or service that could help someone you know.
- You’re making the world a better place. The greatest reason of all to be thankful for athletic charity events.
Do you have more reasons you are thankful for athletic charity events? Share them here, or discuss them in the forum.
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