141 'Run for Our Schools' Sunday at Harriton

The Third Annual Run For Our Schools went off Sunday morning at , with 141 adults and kids taking part.

The 5K race benefits the Education Foundation of Lower Merion, a group that enables the public to directly support educational programs in Lower Merion School District through donations they package into grants. In recent years, the group has established a Wii Club for special needs students at Lower Merion and Welsh Valley, bolstered the audio and visual curriculum at Harriton and Lower Merion, and approved funding for an SAT prep program.

"We've given $100,000 in grants in the five years we've been around," said foundation secretary Debbie Sokil. "And we just think that this is a great event."

The race, in addition to a fall gala, is one of the two large fundraisers the organization runs each year. President Richard Wells said that Sunday's run was their biggest yet.

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