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Second Idaho Run For the Fallen July 28
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July 19, 2012 |
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Jessica
Tingley |
In coordination with the the cross-country
memorial run event, “Run for the Fallen,” Gold
Star Sister Jessica Tingley, Bonners Ferry, has
organized the second annual memorial run to
honor and remember 86 fallen soldiers with ties
to Idaho. The distance ran at this event will be
pledged towards a national total of miles for
all fallen service members.
“Run for the Fallen” is a national memorial run
that will collectively run one mile for every
service member killed during Operation Iraqi
Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and
Operation New Dawn. The run will take place on
July 28th, 2012. This year’s Run for the Fallen
event takes place at the Post Falls High School
track and field.
This is a free event and the public is invited
to attend, whether they are running/walking or
simply meeting the heroes and their families.
Biographies of the 86 fallen heroes will be on
display.
WHO: Run For the Fallen-Idaho
www.runforthefallenidaho.org
WHAT: “Run for the Fallen-Idaho” Annual Memorial
Run Event
WHEN: July 28th, 2012, 8:00 am
WHERE: Post Falls High School Track, Idaho
About Run for the Fallen Idaho:
In 2011, motivated by the loss of their son and
brother, the family of Sgt. Joshua J Kirk
organized Idaho’s first participation in the
national Run for the Fallen memorial run. 156
participants walked and ran 362 miles on August
20, 2011. The 2011 event also hosted 12 Gold
Star families who traveled from Boise, Coeur
D’Alene, Twin Falls, Seattle, Washington and
Fort Myers, Florida.
Kirk’s sister, Jessica Tingley’s vision for the
event was to move it each year to a different
fallen heroes’ hometown, so that all Idaho
residents would have an opportunity to honor and
remember their hometown heroes. The second
annual Run for the Fallen Memorial Run is being
held in Post Falls, Idaho, the hometown of
several heroes, including Spc. Matthew Holley,
SSGT Darren Van Komen, and Spc Robert Benson.
For more information on this event, including
previous print and television coverage, please
visit our website,
www.runforthefallenidaho.org. |
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