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Arthritis isn’t seen as a young man’s disease but it affects millions of children every day. The mission of the organization is to help as many people as they can have a successful life. It even has a special awareness …show more content…
This run is to help raise money and awareness for this organization. They have already raised around 23,000 dollars for the race from sponsors. Their goal for this year is the number they hit the year before 60,000 dollars. They year before the goal for what they were going to raise was much higher and they did not meet it so they modified it for this year. They have differing levels of sponsorship at the race ranging from bronze to platinum with a starting price of 1,000 and the high price going to 5,000. During the race they have many different events going on to get participants in the holiday and running mood. Some of the events they do alongside the race are a costume contest and an event for the kids. They are hoping to get more people interested in terrace and …show more content…
I also learned that I would like to try and run an event like this one day or have a job dealing with this. What I learned about my role as a citizen is that events like the Jingle Bell Run help to bring the community together to fight for a cause that affects everyone. The changes that I will make in myself to start fitting the person I want to be is to try and be more outgoing with what I want to do in and out of my professional and unprofessional life.