Booking It Run

7th ANNUAL BOOKING IT 5K/2K
CROSS COUNTRY RUN/WALK
August 10, 2013

Free Spar Chips
for all Participants

Thank you to Kathy Make and the Spar for providing a coupon for a free order of Spar chips for all Booking It Participants. The coupon will be good only on the day of the run/walk.

Registration Open

You can register for the 2013 Booking It on-line, or e-mail to request a registration form.

Run/Walk Details
(walkers will start immediately after runners )

Day of Race registration opens at 9:00 AM

2K Race - 9:30
5K Race - 10:00
Awards - 10:45

Volunteers needed

Volunteers are key to the success of Booking It. We will need people to help mark the course on Friday, August 9th and to serve as course monitors on the day of the run. Please e-mail Kevin if you can help.

The Lesotho Connection

TLC is a non-denominational

501(c)3 organization that aspires to develop resources and foster mutuality between communities in the US and Lesotho. TLC works in partnership with grass-roots, Basotho led organizations responding to the high incidence of HIV/AIDS, the ever growing number of AIDS orphans and vulnerable children, and the extreme poverty of Lesotho, Africa.

The Lesotho Connection focuses its efforts on the high incidence of HIV/AIDS; the ever growing number of AIDS orphans and vulnerable children; and the extreme poverty of Lesotho, Africa.

For more information check out this great video or the Lesotho Connection website.

In the spirit of ubuntu,
our humanity is inextricably
bound up with theirs.

Greetings!

In just three days the 7th Annual Booking It 5K/2K Cross-Country Run/Walk to raise money for scholarships for students in Lesotho on will take place at Lakewood's Fort Steilacoom Park. It's a great family friendly event that is fun for both competitive and recreational runners as well as walkers off all ages! Once again, all proceeds from Booking It will be used to fund scholarships for primary and secondary school students in Lesotho.

until the 7th Annual Booking It 5K/2K Cross-Country Run/Walk to raise money for scholarships for students in Lesotho.

NEW THIS YEAR IS A PRE-RUN EVENT AT THE TACOMA SPORTS AUTHORITY STORE (1905 72ND STREET) ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7TH FROM 4:00 - 7:00. YOU CAN REGISTER OR PICK-UP YOUR RACE NUMBER AND GET A COUPON GOOD FOR 20% OFF PURCHASES THAT WEEKEND.

We hope you can join us since more participants means more scholarships for students in Lesotho so get your friends and family together for a great run/walk for a great cause!

Sincerely,

Shay and Kevin Glackin-Coley

WHY RUN/WALK?

Booking It winners

Sr. Sylvia, a Holy Names nun who works with the students supported by the Booking It Run/Walk, wrote the following about one of the teenagers who received a scholarship from a previous Booking It Run/Walk:

"Refiloe Lebitsa is 14 years old. She is the third and last child of three. Her parents are both alive but very poor. They do not work. They and their first daughter are still looking for jobs at the factory shops, but since they are not educated it is impossible to get lucky. Rifiloe passed Standard 7 two years ago but failed to pursue her education because of the family condition. She will attend school at Bishop De Mazenod High."

What is Booking It?

In 2007, Shay Glackin-Coley - then ten years old - wanted to get a job to raise money for a charitable cause. Given the lack of good paying jobs for ten year olds and his love of running, he decided to organize a fund raising run instead. Shay brought his ideas to the Lesotho Connection where his energy and enthusiasm founded the run and continue to touch lives here and in Lesotho.

Since 2007 Booking It participants have

provided 4 grade school and 25 High School

scholarships for students in Lesotho

Can't Be There But Want to Support the Cause?	Can't run, but still want to support the cause? You can send a tax-deductible donation to TLC/Booking It Run c/o Glackin-Coley, 2705 N. 8th Street, Tacoma, WA 98406 or make an on-line donation, listing a Booking It Scholarship as how you would like your donation to be used. For more information please contact Kevin Glackin-Coley.