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Hamptons Marathon Donates $33,000 to Project MOST
The donation was given at a ceremony on Thursdya.
The Project MOST After School team recently accepted a donation of $33,000 from Hamptons Marathon race founders; Amanda Moszkowski and Diane Weinberger.
On Thursday, he group visited Project MOST, a local non-profit which provides after school activities for children, at the Springs School in their garden to present the program with this yearβs donation.
This is the ninth year that the race has chosen to make a large donation to Project MOST After School.
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The Hamptons Marathon has donated close to $600,000 to local East End groups in its tenure.
The race is also contributing to Southampton Hospital, the Springs School, the East Hampton Day Care Learning Center and East Hampton Youth Football.
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The main source of the donation came from the runnerβs fees from the marathon that took place on Sept. 26.
The group also visits East Hamptonβs schools to speak about wellness and the activity of running as a lifetime activity.
Photos courtesy of Richard Lewin
Photo caption 1: (rear) Susan Gentile Hackett (Project MOST Development Director)/Diane Weinberger and Amanda Moszkowski (Founders and Race Directors for Hamptons Marathon)/Rebecca Morgan Taylor (Project MOST Executive Director)/Kristin Alversa (Site Director for John Marshall School)/Christine Cleary (Assistant Principal of Springs School)
Photo caption 2: Eileenβs Garden Path, donated by Project MOST
Photo caption 3: Susan Gentile Hackett with Doreen DiSunno (Project MOST Board Member)
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