Thank you to Emma Bellefleur, Sarah Bellefleur, Brodie Deshaies, Grace Trites, Isaac Sheahan, Max Gilpatrick, Liz Morrison, Mrs. Murray-DoCarmo, Mrs. Fuller, Paul and Pam Harvey, Ned Schwartz and Mrs. Jacobs for representing KRHS at the James Foley Freedom Run on Saturday. This is the second year that XC members have participated in this event and we hope to make this a yearly tradition.

Congratulations to Mrs. Fuller and. Mrs. Murray-DoCarmo for PRing and smashing the 10 minute mile pace mark! And congratulations to Mrs. Jacobs for her third place finish for women. The XC team members ran it easy because they had a race the night before. See full result here.

There were 1167 runner and walkers that participated in this race. All proceeds go to the James Foley Foundation. Learn more here and see below for what the Foley Foundation does:

• ADVOCATE

  • For safe return of all American hostages
  • For American hostage families through work of Hostage US
  • Research on current American hostage policy
  • Increased safety and equity of freelance conflict journalists
  • Education and mentoring of vulnerable youth
   

• PROTECT

  • Press freedom and freelance conflict journalists through international collaboration with all stakeholders
   

• EDUCATE

  • The public regarding the silent crisis of hostage taking and threats to press freedom
  • Journalism students on the dangers of conflict journalism and protection