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The Annual Run for the Money
The unique and exciting "Run for the Money" is the major annual fundraising event of the Key Training Center. Each July since 1976, this grueling 180-mile run (the equivalent of seven Boston Marathons) has started from the Capitol steps in Tallahassee on a Monday and has ended the following Saturday in Lecanto with a huge celebration. To set the "Run for the Money" excitement week in motion, the celebrity dinner auction was added in 1982. This popular dinner auction is one of the noted events that take place in Citrus County and is associated with unique live and silent auction items. To help bring the Key Center story to the airwaves, five years later, a live telethon entered Citrus County homes. This telethon is a great way to showcase local talent and more importantly educate the community on the vital role and work that takes place each day at the Key Center.
It is truly amazing how Citrus County comes together each year to support the many activities and events associated with the "Run for the Money." Literally hundreds of volunteers help make the "Run for the Money" so successful. "Run for the Money" is a true people-to-people experience that underscores the axiom, "together we can do more" to improve the quality of life for adults with mental retardation. In addition to raising hundreds of thousands of dollars, "Run for the Money" serves in a dynamic way to bring the public by proclaiming to all that will listen - "The mentally challenged can live productive and happy lives in our community with the proper training, education, and support."
Citrus County continues to be enhanced whenever people help each other. Each and every one of us has an important part to play in making our communities better places for us to live together. There can never be a replacement for the assistance which caring and concerned individuals can provide for each other. So please do your part, remember "together we can do more." Every donation counts. For more information, call the Key Center Foundation at 352.527.8228.
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