| The Get in Gear is pleased to announce our fourth year partnership with Second Harvest Heartland (www.2harvest.org) to support them in their mission to fight hunger. We are proud to announce a fund matching program that will match donations given by our participants.
Dollars donated will help support Second Harvest Heartland’s child hunger programs. We feel that great impact can be made by our participants and our organization to donate the dollars needed to support these programs. Almost 45% of those that benefit from food shelves are children and an estimated 1 in 10 children in Minnesota live in poverty, while 1 in 3 qualify for free and reduced lunches (based on low income guidelines). Supporting child hunger programs is in alignment with our support of our 2K and Fit-For-Fun programs in the schools of our greater metropolitan area.
In our first year of matching contributions we are excited to report we were able to contribute almost $9000.00 and over 5000 pounds of food to relieve hunger in our community.
The generous donations made by our participants were matched by Get in Gear to provide meals for hungry children, teach children about nutrition and healthy eating, and staff a nutrition lending library. Thank you to all who made this happen!
It is our hope that corporations and participants will join with us in supporting this worthy cause as we continue to explore the avenues of support, while at the same time continuing to support the Get in Gear mission to provide the community with well organized runs for both adults and children. | 
