Teens run 24 miles in 24 hours to raise money for families in need

TO UNDERTAKE DURINGQUARANTINE..

AND TWO HOWARDCOUNTY SOPHOMORES ENDED UPRAISING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARSFOR A LOCAL ORGANIZATIONHELPING FEED FAMILIES DURINGTHIS CRISIS.

WMA━2 NEWS ABBYISAACS HAS THIS STORY NEWTONIGHT.LOOKLIV━ THE HIGH SCHOOLERSCAME UP WITH IT AS A CREATIVEWAY TO FUNDRAISE USING THEIROWN PASSIONTHEM VERY SORE..

AND SHOCKEDAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEYWERE ABLE TO RAISE TO HELPTHEIR NEIGHBORS.

NATS mile oneIT WAS SMOOTH SAILING JUSTAFTER MIDNIGHT ON SATURDAY,ELL━ In the beginning we weredoing pretty well.

BUT HOWARDCOUNTY SOPHOMORES ELLA HOLLIDAAND SADIE SAULA WERE IN FOR ALONG DAY.

ELL━ As we keptgoing we definitely started tohurt a little bit RUNNING 24MILES IN JUST 24 HOURS..

MUCHMORE THAN THEY EVER HAD BEFORENAT mile ELL━ We arenreally able to get out muchand we arensports that we usually can andso we just wanted to trysomething new and try andchallenge ourselves to seewhat we could do THE CHALLENGETURNED INTO A BIG FUNDRAISERFOR Columbia Community Care, agrassroots organizationFEEDING FAMILIES DURING THEPANDEMIC.

ELL━ We wanted todo something for our communityWILDE LAKE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERErika strauss ChavarriaSTARTED THE ORGANIZATION INMARCH, RIGHT AFTER SCHOOLSCLOSED.

ERIK━ I was listeningto my students express theirfears and concerns about whatwas going to happen with thecrisis.

SINCE THEN, THEY HAVEFED THOUSANDS OF FAMILIESTHROUGH MEAL SITES AND GROCERYDELIVERIES..

ALL FUNDED BYDONATIONS LIKE THE ONE FROMSADIE AND ELLA& THEIR TOTALCOMING IN AT OVER 5 THOUSANDOLLARS!

EIK━ Every littlebit counts it really does anyamount, but the amount ofmoney they raised isastonishing and I amabsolutely overwhelmed andgrateful and it will make amassive impact on our familiesand what we are able toprovide THE TEENS WERESHOCKED... THE TEMPORARYSORENESS WAS DEFINITELY WORTHIT.

SADI━ It definitely showsthat although we havedifferent opinions anddifferences in the community,wetogether and we all care foreach other LOOKLIV━ COLUMBIACOMMUNITY CARE IS ALWAYSLOOKING FOR DONATIONS ANDVOLUNTEERS.

WE HAVEINFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO GETINVOLVED, OR RECEIVE A MEAL,ON OUR WEBSITE, WMA━2 NEWSDOT COM.

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