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Table of Contents

Kennett Run

5 Letter from the President, 6 10 11 12 14 16 17 20 22 26 28 30, 32

Kennett Run Charities Kennett Run 2017: Same races, different routes History of the Kennett Run Kennett Run course map The annual Joe Hector PoweRun 2017 Kennett Run sponsors 2017 Schedule of Events Kennett Run 2016: A look back This one’s for John Schultz Kennett Run in Photos Party in the Park 2016 Grant Award recipients Kennett Run Charities, Inc.

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A SMALL TOWN…hosting a BIG RACE… supported by our STRONG COMMUNITY

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e invite you to join us for the 28th Annual Kennett Run on Saturday, May 20. This tradition began in 1989 when Kennett Run Charities was established by local community service groups. Since then, it has been our privilege to promote the general well-being and civic betterment of Kennett Square area residents and organizations.

Why do we do this event each year? We do it to raise funds for our local nonprofit organizations and to improve the health of our community. Since 1989, Kennett Run Charities has made grants totaling more than $1 million to organizations that support the needs of the people of Kennett Square. Last year, we made grants totaling more than $50,000 to 55 organizations. Proceeds from the Kennett Run go directly back into our community. In addition to fundraising, our volunteers have helped with maintenance and redevelopment of Anson B. Nixon Park and many community enrichment programs.

We are ready for another successful event this year. Race Director J.J. Simon and his team have created a new course to better showcase the Downtown Kennett Square business district. Race day activities include the 10K and 5K runs and the popular 10K and 5K PoweRun and the 1 Mile Run/Walk. The new course map is included in this publication and available at www.kennettrun.net.

We are excited to continue the FundRun. Elementary school children from the Kennett, Unionville and Avon Grove School districts who participate in the Kennett Run will raise money for their schools. For every child that registers, Kennett Run Charities will donate $5 to their schools.

For our future runners, we will have a one-mile Kids Fun Run around the Anson Park ponds.

This year’s 10K will be run in honor of long-time Kennett Run competitor John Schultz, who tragically passed away on November 17, 2016, after being struck by an automobile. John ran the 10K course for many years wearing his signature red shorts and no shirt.

We will miss him dearly.

To support local families in need, we are hosting a food drive to benefit Kennett Area Community Service. Please join me and bring your donation of non-perishable food items to the Kennett YMCA on Friday evening or to Anson Park on Saturday during the race.

Many other nonprofit community organizations will have information tables in the park on race day. Stop by and learn how you can support your community!

This all-volunteer community event is planned, organized and staffed by hundreds of volunteers, including members of the Rotary Club of Kennett Square and the Kennett Square Lions Club. Robust community involvement makes this event even more special.

We are very grateful for the support of our corporate sponsors and race day vendors. With their loyal financial support, this event has been a “win” for the Kennett Square community year after year.

Please stop by and see them in the park.

We extend our deepest appreciation to East Marlborough Township, Borough of Kennett Square, Kennett Township Police Officers, Kennett Fire Company, Longwood Fire Company and their EMS staff, and the kind and generous staff at Anson B. Nixon Park. The event runs smoothly and safely, thanks to their hard work. When you’re running or walking on race day, please give them a big “thank you” – we could not do it without them.

A moment of inspiration creates a lifetime of change. Do something to promote better health and register today for the 2017 Kennett Run. See you on race day!

B. Christopher Daney, CPA President, Kennett Run Charities www.kennettrun.net

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Kennett Run 2017: Same races, different routes

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer For those who saw the 1973 Broadway musical “Seesaw,” perhaps the line that was most uttered by audiences after the show was taken from the show-stopping tune in the second act: “It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish.”

For the hundreds of runners and walkers who will compete in the 2017 Kennett Run on May 20, however, where they start the race will be exactly where they will finish it.

In an effort to consolidate the logistics of timing, race-day registration, pre- and post-race events, and all Kennett Run events – the 5K, 10K, PoweRun, FundRun and 1-Mile Run/Walk – will begin and end this year in Anson B. Nixon Park.

In addition, the 5K and 10K races will be re-routed through other parts

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of Kennett Square. Past races directed runners to follow North Union Street – and 10K runners through neighborhoods just north of Route 1 – then onto East Locust Street, past the Kennett Square Golf & Country Club and onto North Walnut Street and into the park.

In the 2017 race, the 5K and 10K course will direct participants out of the park and onto North Walnut Street, where they will make a right onto State Street, and follow the course until making a U-turn just east of Mill Road, and re-trace their steps from State Street to North Walnut Street, where there will be two U-turns for participants in both races that will then direct them back to the park.

The annual Joe Hector PoweRun, which had taken place at the Kennett Area YMCA, will also take place in the park.

Several factors contributed to the

realignment, said Kennett Run Race Director J.J. Simon. In the past, timing companies expressed concern that having the starting line at a different location than a finish line adds an element of risk and more potential for failure to calculate accurate running and walking times.

“Five K runners generally need no more than about 25 minutes to finish their race, so timers who have set up all the way over on North Union have to sprint from the starting line to the park and coordinate all of the finishes,” Simon said. “We wanted to guarantee a better timing environment for the Kennett Run.” Kennett Run certifier Dick Fitch is currently measuring the new course so that the new routes are accurate, and that they meet the National Racing Association of America’s certification standards.

Simon said that the new route was, in part, influenced by the race

course designed for the first Victory KSQ Mushroom Cap 13.1 race last Oct. 15, which partially wove its way through streets in the borough.

“The Mushroom Cap showed us and proved to me the willingness of the borough and Kennett Township to allow for other roads to be used for running,” he said.

“We talked to a lot of runners and local merchants last year about how to make the Kennett Run even more of a community event, and many suggested the idea of incorporating the borough itself,” said Kennett Run Director B. Christopher Daney.

“We then made the suggestion to the Kennett Run Charities board of directors, and they were one hundred percent behind it.”

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Different routes...

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and all results will be available immediately.

“After the 2016 race, J.J. and I talked about the timing issue,” Daney said. “We needed to have a new

most. Daney said that all intersections and roads associated with the race will be shut down and patrolled by the Kennett Square Police, as well as the police units

“ It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish.

company who could handle the timing for an increased number of runners, as well as be able to chart the results of the PoweRun, which also saw more people involved.”

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nated; all sponsorship banners, once placed at the starting line and then transported to the park during the annual Party in the Park, will be placed throughout the the park and remain visible all day; and the one-mile run for children will circle around the park’s pond beginning at 10:30 a.m., which will give parents who compete in the 5K or 10K race the opportunity to leave their children with other family, and then be able to participate with them in the one-mile race, when they return.

Nova Timing Systems has been chosen as the official timer for the Kennett Run in 2017. The Delaware-based company has timed over 800 races, including the Boston Marathon 35k and 40k splits and the Delaware Marathon Running Festival, as well as some of the most attended races in the MidAtlantic area. Nova Timing Systems will tally results through sophisticated electronic reading systems,

from Kennett and East Marlborough townships.

To Daney, the responsibilities of coordinating the Kennett Run have been made easier because he and Simon have inherited the turn-key tightness of an event made so by the hard work of former directors

and volunteers. It allows the freedom to infuse a 28-year-old event with fresh ideas, Daney said.

“The popularity of races like the Kennett Run go up and down every few years, so you need to come up with new ideas to keep people interested,” he said. “We’re lucky to have the freedom to improve upon an already great event. We have also benefited from being able to promote the event in so many ways, from social media to word of mouth.

“Runners are a tight-knit community,” Daney added. “They all speak to one another, and many have come to know the Kennett Run as not only a challenging race, but one that’s also beautiful and safe. With our new course alignment, we’re looking for this year’s race to be the best ever.”

For more information about the Kennett Run and to register online, visit www.kennettrun.net.

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The History of the Kennett Run

The concept for this foot race originated in early 1989, when Rotarian T M Michael R. Perna proposed to the Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of Kennett Square that Rotary join with other Kennett area service clubs to host an event designed to accomplish three major goals: ho • The achievement of sustainable camaraderie among Kennett area service organizations and citizens, and the fostering of an esprit de corps vic among the ethnically, economically, and occupationally diverse groups am tha that comprise our community; • The establishment of a fundraising vehicle that would net ever-increasing sums for expenditure to promote the general well-being and civic betterment of Kennett area residents, organizations and projects; and • The showcasing of the town of Kennett Square and its environs by drawing participants and spectators from the region, the nation and perhaps even the world.

The leadership of Kennett Rotary, most notably Richard A. Sansbury, Robert A. Blackhall, Charles H. Weaver, Michael R. Perna and James P. Schultz, adopted the race proposal and designated the sum of $3,000 as seed money for this event, contingent upon the full participation of two other service clubs: the Kennett Lions Club and the Kennett Area Jaycees.

Shortly after they were requested by Rotary to do so, these service clubs wholeheartedly endorsed the project by pledging their considerable administrative and human resources to bring the idea to fruition.

Keith McGrath, then president of the Kennett Lions Club, was a staunch supporter of the race concept. The 5K walk, one of the six events collectively referred to as “the Kennett Run,” was later dubbed the “Keith McGrath Memorial Walk” after a tragic accident took his life only months after the first Kennett Run. Several years later, when an unfortunate turn of events resulted in the disbandment of the Kennett Area Jaycees, The Southern Chester County Exchange Club accepted the invitation to permanently fill the gap as a full partner along with the Kennett Rotary and Lions Club.

The first year’s events, held on April 21, 1990, consisted of a series of walks and runs ranging from 1 mile to 10K, were sponsored by approximately a dozen individuals and businesses, and attracted well over 100 participants, several hundred spectators, and approximately 50 volunteers.

Net proce proceeds approximated $1,500, after repayment to Rotary of its $3,000 “seed” contribution. co ontribution. o

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The annual Joe Hector PoweRun Now a Kennett Run tradition, the annual Joe Hector Powerun is a separate event run by the Kennett Area YMCA, is held in conjunction with the 5K & 10K Run. The PoweRun biathlon involves skills of strength and endurance, measured by a combination of weight-lifting and distance running.

Men and women 14 and over are eligible to compete. This event will be in Anson B Nixon Park this year, between 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.

The weight that men and women are responsible to lift is as follows: Men Age 14-18 - 60% of Body Weight Age 19-29 - 100% of Body Weight Age 30-39 - 100% of Body Weight Age 40-49 - 100% of Body Weight Age 50-59 - 100% of Body Weight Age 60-69 - 60% of Body Weight Age 70+ - 60% of Body Weight

Women Age 14-18 - 60% of Body Weight Age 19-29 - 60% of Body Weight Age 30-39 - 60% of Body Weight Age 40-49 - 60% of Body Weight Age 50-59 - 60% of Body Weight Age 60-69 - 60% of Body Weight Age 70+ - 60% of Body Weight For each successfully completed repetition, in any/all gender and age groups, will result in a 30-second deduction for the 5K and/or a 60-second deduction for the 10K. The lower the score the better.

Some winners may even score into the negative numbers! Awards will be given to top three overall males and females in 5K & 10K runs.

Awards to the top three men and women in each race for the following age categories: 14-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 5059, 60-69, 70+

Rules and Regulations Weighing In: All participants must weigh in at the scales provided. Participants will leave their shoes and shirts on. No deduction will be taken for clothing.

Participant’s lifting weight will correlate to body weight as calculated by the judges.

Bench Press: No warm-ups on weight bench.

(Other benches are provided for warm-up.) Collars must be used. Bar must touch chest on every repetition. Arms must be FULLY extended at the end of each repetition (If you have a physical limitation that prevents you from straightening your arms, you must inform the official before you start lifting). Once the bar ceases to rise or begins negative movements, the spotter and/or judge will end the session. Back and

hips must remain flat on the bench at all times. Any arching or moving which causes the hips to come off the bench will result in the termination of the attempts. The number of repetition prior to the hips coming off the bench will be used for the PoweRun© calculations. Feet are to remain in the same position throughout the bench press, either firmly on the floor or planted on the bench. A pause of more than 3 seconds either at the top of the lift or the bottom of the lift will trigger a warning from the official. It movement doesn’t occur immediately thereafter, the number of repetitions done to that point will be used for the PoweRun calculations. Grip placement left to the discretion of the competitor. Once the repetitions have been initiated, the grip cannot be changed. The judge’s ruling is FINAL. No appeals will be allowed!

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2017 SCHEDULE OF

EVENTS All activities are in Anson B. Nixon Park this year

6:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

(Race-Day Registration) Race

Packet pick-up and bag drop in the Park

9:25 a.m.

5k run, 5k PoweRun Wave 1, FundRun, 5K Walk

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

PoweRun Lifting competition in the Park

5K wave 2, if needed

8:50 a.m.

9:35 a.m.

Pre-race meeting

1 Mile Run/Walk, FundRun

9:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

10k run, 10K PoweRun, FundRun

1 Mile Kids Fun Run around the Lagoons

Run, PoweRun & Walk Fees

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1 Mile Kids Fun Run: $20 pre-registration, $25 late/day-of 1 Mile Walk/Run: $30 pre-registration, $35 late/day-of 5k Run: $30 pre-registration, $35 late/day-of 10k Run: $30 pre-registration, $35 late/day-of 5K & 10K PoweRun: $45 pre-registration, $50 late/day-of

From 6:30 a.m. until 8:50 a.m., buses will transport individuals to Anson B. Nixon Park from Exelon parking lot.

From 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., buses will transport individuals from Anson B Nixon Park to Exelon parking lot.

Parking is available at the following locations: • (Path’s entering the park along Broad St) • Exelon Generation - located on Exelon Way in Kennett Square (off of State Street) • The Kennett Square Fire Company - located on Dalmation Lane, Kennett Square (off of Cypress Street) • The Genesis Parking Deck - located at the corner of Linden Street and Union Street, Kennett Square

(Price includes Lifting Competition and 5K or 10K Run) Make Checks Payable to: The Kennett Run Charities

Prizes and Awards • $400, $200, $100 to the top three overall male & female in the 5K Run • Trophy to the top three overall male & female in the 5K and 10K PoweRun • $400, $200, $100 to the top three overall male & female in the 10K Run • $50 Gift Certificates to the first male & female Master in the 10K and 5K Runs • Individual awards to the top three males and females in each age group: 14-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60+

PLEASE do not attempt to park at Anson B. Nixon Park, as you will be turned away. There will be plenty of buses to take you where you need to go in a timely manner.

Safety • No bicycles, skates, dogs, or unregistered persons will be allowed on the course.

• Strollers are allowed only in the rear of third wave of the 5K. • Water stops: three for the 10K Run and one for the 5K Run. • Emergency services for the Kennett Run are provided by the Kennett Fire Company No. 1 and Longwood Fire Company

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Kennett Run 2016 As seen in the Chester County Press, May 18, 2016 Annual event draws 1,300 competitors

Given respite from the rain, Kennett Run shines in the sun

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer Among the more than 1,500 competitors, race organizers and volunteers who participated in the 27th annual Kennett Run last Saturday, it was likely that every one of them fell asleep on Friday evening to the sound of pelting rain, the chorus of which implied an ominous forecast for the morning after.

While there is no firm proof that Race Gods exist, some form of a higher being, perhaps an empathetic presence clad in running shoes, gifted Kennett Square with a clear blue sky that held strong throughout the start of several races, and at Anson B. Nixon Park, where a party was held to honor the community.

Christopher Daney, the new president of the Kennett Run, woke up on May 14 at about 4:30 in the morning, and by the time he arrived at the Kennett Area YMCA for the annual Joe

Hector PoweRun, the skies above were clear.

“We set the course up on Friday afternoon and it was drizzling a little bit, and all week, (Race Director) J.J. Simon and I were checking the weather, and getting kind of worried about Friday and Saturday,” Daney said. “Whenever you put on an outside activity, you’re always hoping for a perfect day, and hope everything goes step by step. You couldn’t wish for a better event.” “(The Kennett Run) is not only a great way to kick off the spring, it’s a fun event, but obviously, the support of the local non profits is huge,” said Kennett Square Mayor Matt Fetick. “It’s great in so many ways, but there’s a huge contribution back to those non profits.”

The Kennett Run – and its partnering organization, Kennett Charities, Inc. – have come a long way in its 27 years, not only from the surge in the number of competitors, but in the funding the organization has been able to funnel back into the Kennett Square community. Its first

event in 1990 drew the support of a dozen individuals and businesses, and attracted over 100 participants, several hundred spectators, and approximately 50 volunteers, and contributed $1,500 to local organizations. Since then, Kennett Run Charities has raised over $1 million in gift and in-kind donations toward local organizations.

The start of the event was delayed for about 20 minutes by a car accident that occurred along the race route, at Gatehouse Road and Route 82. Once the accident was cleared, the starting gun sounded for the 10K, the 5K and the one-mile run.

In the 5K men’s category, Paul Springer won with a time of 16:42, followed by Cole Walker, who finished in 17:42, and Ben Marsden, who ran in 18:28. In the women’s race, Casey Robinson won with a time of 20:19; Lexi Reilly finished second with a time of 20:28; and Muda B took third place with a time of 20:37.

In the 10K men’s category, Kayle Dawson earned a first-place finish

with a time of 31:57, followed by Daryl Brown at 32:01 and Angel Rodriguez, with a time of 35:00.

Kari Springer took the women’s 10K with a winning time of 38:35; Meghan Smith Smith finished in second place with a time of 40:40; and Nicole Huff took third with a time of 42:57.

While the Kennett Run may be a fun event by and for the community, the design of the course is not always the equivalent of a walk in the park for its participants.

“It’s a very challenging course,” said Stephanie Daney. “People tell me the Kennett Run is a fun course. No, it’s not fun. After three or four hills, you think you’re in the home stretch, and another hill pops up, but once you’ve finished, it’s an accomplishment.

“Every time I’m at another run and start to slow down, I say to myself, ‘Come on. You did the Kennett Run. You can do anything.’”

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This one’s for John Schultz

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer On May 20, the 10K race at the 28th annual Kennett Run will be run in honor of long-time Kennett Run competitor John Schultz, who was killed on Nov. 17, 2016 when he was struck by an automobile while attempting to cross the Philadelphia Pike in Wilmington. He was 84.

Long a favorite of the Kennett Run community, Schultz, who did not start running until he was 59, was often seen along the race route, running shirtless in his trademark red shorts.

Kennett Run Director B. Christopher Daney recalled last year’s Kennett Run, when as the race was winding down, he was approached by local police and EMS workers, who told Daney that only one competitor remained on the course.

“They told me that it was an older man without a shirt on and red shorts, and I immediately knew that it was John,” Daney said. “By the time he finished the race, the people who were enjoying the Party in the Park had come down to the finish line to cheer him on.

“It is an honor for us to name the 10K race in his name,” Daney added. “He was a kind man who was so dedicated to his running, and willing to speak with anyone about it.”

Kennett Run Charities, Inc. also sponsored The John Schultz “Running in Red Shorts” Memorial 5K, presented by Races2Run on April 23, in Wilmington.

Photo by Richard L. Gaw

This year’s 10K race at the Kennett Run will be dedicated to the memory of long-time Kennett Run competitor John Schultz.

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Party in The Park!

This year, for the first time, Anson B. Nixon Park will the site of the start and finish of the Kennett Run and a perfect place for the community to join with competitors and their families in a celebration that will last long after the last runner or walker has crossed the finish line. It will be time to Party in the Park!

Two Stones Pub will have a strong presence during the post-race festivities, as will a number of local businesses and organizations. The Mom’s Club will be sponsoring a bake sale, and Artful Lady will be sponsoring a face-painting booth.

Other participants will include Anchor Fitness, ATI Physical Therapy, Bavarian Motorsports, Bike Kennett, Longwood Family Chiropractic, My Sherpa Business Technology Guides, Operation Warm, Penn Family Medicine of Kennett, Orange Theory Fitness, Premier Orthopaedic, Q-fix Systems and ServPro. Awards will be given to the top three female and males for each age group for both the 5K and 10K runs and PoweRuns.

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Kennett Run Charities, Inc.

2016 Grant Award Recipients Adult Literacy Program, Kennett Library Anson B. Nixon Trail Work Avondale Fire Company #1 Bancoft Elementary School Brandywine Red Clay Alliance Camp Dreamcatcher Carter Community Development Corp Chadds Ford Elementary School Chester County Intermediate Unit Family Literacy Program Community Volunteers in Medicine Crime Victims’ Center of Chester County, Inc. Domestic Violence Center of Chester County Family Promise of Southern Chester County Family Service of Chester County Garage Community & Youth Center - Kennett Square Garage Community & Youth Center - West Grove Good Neighbors, Inc. Greenwood Elementary School Hillendale Elementary School Historic Kennett Square KATS, Inc. Pantomime Kennett After School Association Kennett Area Community Service Kennett Food Cupboard Kennett Area Park & Recreation Kennett Area Park & Recreation -- Kids run Kennett Area Park Authority - Anson B.Nixon Park Kennett Area Senior Center

Kennett Area YMCA Kennett Consolidated School District - WIN Kennett Education Foundation Kennett Fire Co. No. 1 Kennett Flash Kennett High School Kennett Middle School Kennett Symphony of Chester County KRC Endowment Fund La Comunidad Hispana Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County Lions Club of Kennett Square Living Bridges Longwood Fire Company Longwood Rotary Mary D. Lang Kindergarten Meals on Wheels of CC - Avon Grove Chapter New Garden Elementary School Patton Middle School Po-Mar-Lin Fire Company Pocopson Elementary School Rotary Club of Kennett Square Spanish Health Ministry The Barn at Spring Brook Farm Tick Tock Early Learning Center Together for Education Unionville Chadds Ford Education Foundation Unionville Community Fair Unionville Elementary School Unionville High School Wings for Success Young Moms

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Kennett Run Charities, Inc. Kennett Run Charities Board is comprised of volunteers from various Kennett Square service organizations including the Rotary Club of Kennett Square, the Rotary Club of Longwood, the Lions Club, the Kennett Area YMCA and various Kennett area citizens who give their time and resources to make the Kennett Run a successful, fun event for serious runners as well as for family fun.

2016-2017 Officers B. Christopher Daney - President Becky Devestine - Secretary Norman A. Quynn - Treasurer J.J. Simon - Race Director 2016-2017 Board of Directors Christien Bass Gail Chase Dave Chopko Becky Devestine Michael Elling Bob Merkle Ray McKay Thomas P. Neale Michael R. Perna, Esq.

Dr. Albert J. Schmitt Emily Thomas Ray Woodward

Thomas P. Neale Leonard C. Bieberbach Al Iacocca

Race Directors Emeritus: Nadiene Ringler-Friedrich Michael R. Perna, Esq. James P. Schulz Aaron J. Martin Gregory Scott R. David Harrison Ray Cornell Robert A. Blackhall Christopher J. Bailey, Esq James Frezzo, Jr. Jenny Armitage Patti Walker-Wein

Past Presidents: Matthew Genereux Michael R. Perna, Esq. Donna L. Hood Dominic F. Perigo Steve J. Evans Edward C. Lick Christopher J. Bailey, Esq. Matthew J. Grieco Daniel R. Kohler Dr. Albert Schmitt Leonard C. Bieberbach

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Kennett Run Charities distributes $50K to local groups, schools

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer Kennett Run Charities, the fundraising and gift-giving subsidiary of the annual Kennett Run, distributed more than $50,000 to 45 local organizations and one dozen schools, during ceremonies Oct. 20, 2016 at the Genesis Building in Kennett Square.

Now in its 28th year, Kennett Run Charities has distributed over $1 million in gift and in-kind donations to local groups, schools and organziations. This year’s Kennett Charities recipients were the Avondale, Kennett, Longwood and Po-Mar-Lin fire companies; the Longwood Rotary; the Kennett Area YMCA; the Lions Club and Rotary Club of Kennett Square; Community Volunteers in Medicine; Family Services of Chester County; KATS, Inc. Pantomime; Kennett Area Park & Recreation; the Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County; Together for Education; Historic Kennett Square; the Brandywine Red Clay Alliance; Camp Dreamcatcher; Carter Community Development Corp.; Chester County Intermediate Unit Family Literacy Program; the Crime Victims’ Center of Chester County; the

Domestic Violence Center of Chester County; the Garage Community & Youth Centers in Kennett Square and West Grove; the Kennett Flash; the Kennett Symphony of Chester County; the Avon Grove chapter of Meals on Wheels of Chester County; the Spanish Health Ministry; the Barn at Spring Brook Farm; the Kennett Education Foundation; Living Bridges; the Unionville-Chadds Ford Education Foundation; the Adult Literacy Program at the Kennett Library; Family Promise of southern Chester County; the Kennett After School Association; the Kennett Area Senior Center; La Communidad Hispana; the Unionville Community Fair; Wings for Success; Young Moms; Good Neighbors, Inc.; the Kennett Area Park Authority; the Tick Tock Early Learning Center; Kennett Area Community Service; and the WIN program in the Kennett Consolidated School District.

In addition, contributions from the Kennett Run’s FUND RUN were awarded to the Bancroft, Chadds Ford, Greenwood, Hillendale, New Garden, Pocopson and Unionville elementary schools; Mary D. Lang Kindergarten; the Kennett and Patton middle schools; and Kennett and Unionville high schools.

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