ING Run for Something Better

Fulfilling a Fitness Challenge Inspires Kids to Achieve

And you can be a key ingredient in their success. Your financial support makes it possible for our young runners to experience the emotional high of reaching their fitness goals. By supporting ING Run For Something Better, you can make an important impact on a child’s life.  You can be there with them in spirit as they work to achieve their dreams. It’s incredibly satisfying to know how thrilled these kids are about how far they’ve come! Miami essay contest winner, 8th grade student Christian Rivera from Palm Springs Middle School, is an example of the many children we touch each school year.  He brims with pride over his running efforts…

“What I will do to stay fit after completing this race, doing a lot of sports of course.  The ING [Run For Something Better program] gave me the wings (in this case, the legs) and I begin to fly (run), I do all kinds of sports including the ones that I am bad at, but I keep doing it, cross country, track and field, soccer, etc. Name it, I play it!  Thanks to ING [Run For Something Better].”

How does Christian stay motivated to achieve his fitness goals?

“What really inspires me are those who can’t do it as much as they wish.  Those who are fighting the cancer in a hospital and they only can run on their imagination, those who are in a wheelchair thinking if they would be able to at least walk again, these people who can’t do it but if they could they would do their very best.”

Why Is It So Successful?
Because it’s exciting! Kids get to show themselves just what they can achieve as they tackle the final challenge of a culminating running event organized by their school.  They learn to set and meet goals. In fact, pursuing their running goals empowers children nationwide with the means to achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

With your support, we’re giving kids the “wings” to “fly” and inspiring them to live healthy today, so they can have a better tomorrow!

Hurray for the children! Because of ING Run For Something Better, over 60,000 kids have logged over 2 million miles!

What We Do

Watch The Kids In Action!
The final challenge of a school culminating running event or a race day associated with ING-sponsored marathons is exhilarating for kids.  Watch this video to see the smiles of success for yourself.

You can be a part of the excitement. Please give to the Orange Laces campaign to help support physical education in schools and empower kids to adopt a lifetime habit of physical fitness!