Why+run?

=Why It Matters=

30.4% of American adolescents • (ages 12-19) are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight. The estimated annual cost of obesity • in the US was about $117 Billion in 2000. Poor diet and physical inactivity lead • to 300,000 deaths a year - second only to tobacco use.

= = =Get Laces & Support= =Running in Schools=
 * Stats reported by the National Center for Health Services and the American Obesity Association

Help give kids a running start to a healthy lifestyle with a donation to the ING Run For Something Better. The ING Run for Something Better programs help fund running and physical fitness education programs in schools to show kids how exercise can help achieve good health. With your donation, you’re helping introduce children to the sport of running and to the value of physical fitness in their lives. ING wants to help make it easier for kids to be successful. Encouraging healthy lifestyles and helping prevent childhood obesity are steps in the right direction. To learn more about how ING is making it easier for students to enjoy the benefits of running, visit www.ingrfsb.com. If you donate $10 or more, you will get a pair of orange Run For Something Better shoelaces that you can wear on race day to show your support!