Dallas Marathon 2018
The extra mile and a run for a cause appeal by Ankur Bora
One of AFNA's prominent volunteer Ankur Bora is preparing for a marathon to support and raise money for a school for underprivileged children in Assam, India. It is a life changing experience - the practice and the preparation for the run, going through the hurdle, focusing and reaching the finishing line, the race taught how to bring one's best self to every facet of life. The marathon and the successful fund-raising campaign also showed how this country America stands for those in need, how much can we do for poor and destitute.
This year Ankur is running for a school for differently-abled abandoned/orphaned children called ‘Tapoban’. The founder Mr. Kumud Kalita is a sincere and upright man who is doing everything he can in his capacity to help these children lead fulfilling lives. Tapoban has transformed the life of special need child and witnessed some of these children performing on stage and realized how he is turning their disability to ability. The residential school building is a four-story structure without an elevator. Every day is a struggle for these children in wheelchair who needed to be lifted by others. Ankur is running to raise money for construction of an electrical elevator which will greatly help these children.
Ankur is running 50km this year at Dallas, BMW Ultra Marathon and appealing you to a sponsor for a mile at $100 each. We will acknowledge each of you and will provide Tax exempt receipt and utilization through our Foundation. Ankur's appeal "It’s going to be a grueling race spreading across multiple cities, but when I imagine the cheerful faces of these children, I get motivated to run those extra miles. I am starting from zero, but I am sure I will reach my goal of 50 sponsors with all of you. Support me by donating $100 to Tapoban for each mile of my run and help me and AFNA to support the special need children at Tapoban"
Sponsor a mile of Ankur Bora's marathon run
This will take you to the PayPal website on a page for AFNA to complete your donation. Please fill in the web-form and submit your payment. Please follow the instruction below to fill the two fields in the PayPal web-form:
- In the Amount field, please consider adding 2.2% to the total. This helps AFNA pay the Paypal processing fee. Thank you!
- In the Donation Description field, please put "Ankur Bora Dallas Marathon 2018".
