Geist Half Grant Program Extends Application Deadline, Feb. 15th

Geist 5K participants from last year's "Race Around the Reservoir."

The Geist Half Marathon, Inc. board voted this morning to extend the application deadline for their Health & Wellness Grant Program to February 15, 2010. School faculty and parent volunteers in Marion, Hancock, and Hamilton counties are encouraged to download the instructions and application online at www.GeistHalf.com.

“Our goal is to support and inspire healthy initiatives within schools that otherwise might not happen due to lack of funding,” said Doreen Long, Geist Half Marathon volunteer board member and chairperson of the grant request committee.

Applicants must submit a one-page form outlining their proposed health and wellness program for the second half of the 2010 school year. Programs with the broadest impact and a budget less than $2,000 will be given priority.

Tom Britt, President of the Geist Half Marathon Inc., says the new Health & Wellness Grant Program will help further the mission of the group. “If parents and faculty want to start or expand a fitness program within their school, we don’t want money to stand in their way.”

This announcement comes just after the Geist Half Marathon announced that $34,000 has been donated to Geist-area schools, including Hamilton Southeastern, Lawrence Township, Mt. Vernon, and St. Simon the Apostle.