CHAMPION RUNS FOR CHILDRENS RIGHTS

UItramarathon champion Ed Kelley of Newport Beach, California, is currently running in the Sri Chinmoy 3,100-mile footrace as a benefit for the KlaasKids Foundation. Starting on June 13, 1997 Kelley is circling a track in Jamaica, New York, for 51 consecutive days, averaging more than 61 miles per day. Kelley hopes to exceed the world record pace he established in last year's 2,700-mile race.

Kelley, a native Californian, is the only person to have raced across America four times. The Sri Chin moy 3,100-mile race is the first time such a distance has been attempted on a calibrated closed course.

Kelley's long-standing commitment to children's issues led him to pick the KlaasKids Foundation for the second year in a row as his designated charity for the record-setting attempt.

Race sponsors are contributing either a outright gift pledging one to ten cents per mile. Donations are still being accepted, and can be sent to The KlaasKids Foundation, P O. Box 925, Sausalito, CA 94966. All donations are tax deductible. Kelley's progress can be monitored on the World Wide Web at www.fox.nstn.ca/dblaikie, and on the ESPN channel. 


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© 1997 by the KlaasKids Foundation.  The Klaas Action Review is published quarterly for Foundation members.  Dedicated to the memory of Polly Klaas, the foundation's purpose is to inform parents, children, and communities about how to prevent crimes against children through personal action and support of legislation.  Editorial: Freeman Communications, Berkeley, CA.  Design Concept: Blackburn Design, Petaluma, CA.  Printing: Marin Stat, San Rafael, CA.