Arvind's running a marathon and raising money
Hi. Welcome to my Team Asha page. I am running a marathon, specifically the Silicon Valley 2008 marathon under the Team Asha banner. Team Asha is a sports training program that trains people, like me. In return, we raise money for a great cause - supporting educational initiatves for underprivileged children in India.
You can check out what Team Asha is about here. And what the parent organization, Asha, does.
The goal of this page is to raise awareness to the cause and help you see meaning to it. As allocating time to help organizations doing good social work is becoming understandably tougher by the day, the least we can do is give them access to resources. I hope you see it the way I do and can really contribute monetarily towards this wonderful cause. You can follow my journey at my blog and look at my runner net page, which keeps track of all the donations.
Pledge $5 or $50 or $500 or any amount in between.
Every little bit goes a long way.
Why should you donate?
- - Because your money is going to educate a child. This means he or she is not going to live in poverty, not going to go into child labour. It means he or she will have a better shot at life
- - Because you can
- - Because it is easy. I am, along with other Asha runners, training for a marathon and trying to raise money for it. Your task is relatively easy but as important as mine or even more so. Donate $100 and change lives. You want how much!? All I am asking you to do is spend the equivalent of two tanks of gas or two monthly phone bills or the cost of a pair of sunglasses or shoes. But the main thing is to donate, so any amount is welcome. Yes, it is not an insignificant amount, not by a stretch, but then the good it will do is greater. Think about it.
- - "Pfft, I can run a marathon and do what you are doing". You are most welcome. It is awesome that you are interested. Email me and I can get you in for next season. Just put my name in the signup form, please.
All donations are tax-deductible (only in the US), as if all these reasons weren't enough!
How to donate?
You can donate by using your
credit card on my
runner net page.
Or if you want to mail a
check, send me an email and we can discuss further details.
I do not have a
Paypal account but if you cannot donate by any other means, let me know and I will figure something out.
You can contact Arvind Ashok by email:
teamasha AT arvindashok DOT com