Karhu 5K Giveaway (June 9) & shoe donation opportunity
It’s less than one week until the Allstate Life Insurance Chicago 13.1 Marathon and Karhu 5K on June 9th! A lot of bloggers are going to be running the half marathon. If you are unable to do a half marathon, I have one coupon to give away for the Karhu 5K which takes place at the South Shore Cultural Center at 7:40 am this Saturday!
Karhu 5K Giveaway Rules
- One reader will receive a free entry to the Chicago Karhu 5K on June 9.
- Required to enter the giveaway: leave a comment telling me you want to enter.
- This giveaway is open until 5:00 PM CST on Monday June 4. I will announce the winner on Tuesday June 5.
- This giveaway is open to anyone who can make it to Chicago on Saturday for the 5K!
Allstate Life Insurance has teamed up with non-profit organization Give Your Sole to donate moderately used athletic shoes to benefit homeless shelters and missions in race markets. All shoes collected in Chicago will be donated to Breakthrough, an organization that provides shelter, meals and other services to homeless men, women and children within the city.
I don’t know about you guys, but I often don’t know what to do with my old athletic shoes. I usually wait until the one time a year that my work teams up with Nike to donate shoes for re-purposing them in to tracks and other things. And then I bring in a ton of shoes. I am not sure if my shoes are moderately used enough for someone else to be using them, but I really like that idea! I know I have some shoes to bring to packet pickup this week! Here are some more details on the program:
- Allstate Life Insurance Company and non-profit organization Give Your Sole are giving half marathon runners the chance to leave a unique footprint on local communities as part of a shoe donation program around Allstate Life Insurance SM 13.1 Marathon® Series races.
- Beginning with the Chicago 13.1 Marathon on June 9, race participants, spectators and local residents can donate moderately used athletic shoes to benefit homeless shelters and missions in race markets. All shoes collected in Chicago will be donated to Breakthrough, an organization that provides shelter, meals and other services to homeless men, women and children within the city.
- In addition to the Finish Line Festival, race participants and local residents will be invited to donate shoes at 2012 race packet pick-up events leading up to the race. Participating Allstate® agents will assist with collecting donations by inviting customers to drop off shoes at their local agencies. In Chicago, donations will also be collected at participating Fleet Feet Sports store locations (N. Lincoln Ave. and N. Wells St. in Chicago, and at E. Schiller St. in Elmhurst) until June 10.
- To celebrate the program launch in their hometown of Chicago on June 9, Allstate Life Insurance Company has teamed up with Chicago Bears’ 2012 first-round draft pick Shea McClellin to interact with runners and encourage donations at the Allstate Life InsuranceSM Chicago 13.1 Marathon® Finish Line Festival, held at the South Shore Cultural Center.
Themocracy
I’m giving away the same thing! ha ha… yaaaaay running!
Pick me!