Marathon’s Healthy School Award
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Marathon’s Healthy School Award

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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More than 122 students from Hollin Meadows Meadows Science and Math Focus School ran in the 2008 Healthy Kids Fun Run.

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Marine Corp Marathon race director Rick Nealis answers questions at the special school assembly. Nealis mentioned that as a child he liked catching butterflies. Most of the students’ questions concerned butterflies.

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Marine Corp Marathon race director Rick Nealis answers questions at the special school assembly. Nealis mentioned that as a child he liked catching butterflies. Most of the students’ questions concerned butterflies.

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Photo by Louise Krafft/Gazette

Miles, the Marine Corp Marathon "Bulldog" leads the students in a few warm-up exercises.

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Photo by Louise Krafft/Gazette

The exercises energize the students.

Marine Corp Marathon (MCM) race director Rick Nealis, Ronald McDonald and Miles, the Marine Corp Marathon "Bulldog" made a special presentation to the students at Hollin Meadows Science and Math Focus School on Thursday, Feb. 19. The school received the Healthy School award from the MCM and the Washington Family Magazine for participation in the Healthy Kids Fun Run held on October 25, 2008. More than 122 students from Hollin Meadows participated in the one-mile run.

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