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Win a free trip to NYC to see the conclusion of the 15,200-mile Blue Planet Run

Posted August 23rd, 2007 at 1:16 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Columns, SPOTLIGHT

Americans now have a new way to get to New York City and raise money and awareness for water projects around the world — at the same time.

Blue Planet Run Foundation’s online “Messenger Program” lets participants earn points by recruiting others to make donations to help fund projects that bring safe drinking water to the 1.2 billion people who live without it.

“Messengers” win prizes based on the number of points they accrue compared with other participants. The three “Messengers” with the most points by August 27, 2007, will each receive a trip for two to New York City to participate in the festivities for the Blue Planet Run finale at the South Street Seaport on September 4.

The top 1,500 Messengers will also receive genuine Blue Planet Run batons http://shop.blueplanetrun.org just like the one that the runners are carrying around the world.

(NOTE: Check back tomorrow for the latest episode of The Final Sprint Podcast featuring an interview with Mary Chervenak, one of the twenty-one courageous runners on the Blue Planet Run team!)

The Blue Planet Run Web site www.blueplanetrun.org provides a number of tools that make it easy to spread the news about the Run and the safe-drinking-water cause. The site allows visitors to send informative e-mails to friends, family, co-workers or schoolmates with just a few clicks of the mouse.

About Blue Planet Run Foundation

The Blue Planet Run Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to raising global awareness about the need for safe drinking water and funding working solutions today for the billion people living without water.

The U.S.-based foundation connects nongovernmental organizations worldwide with funding and promotes operational sustainability. The foundation’s signature awareness and fund-raising event is the Blue Planet Run, the first-ever around-the-world relay.

For more information about Blue Planet Run Foundation, or to make a donation, please visit http://www.blueplanetrun.org.