2013 media guide - LA Marathon

CHARITY AND COMMUNITY
CHARITY AND COMMUNITY
PREMIER CHARITIES
PREMIER CHARITIES
Let’s Erase the Stigma Educational Foundation
(LETS)
www.letsrunla.org
Public Counsel
www.publiccounsel.org
LETS Educational Foundation is a national children’s charity. It is a positive force
for early education and prevention and saves kids from tomorrow’s issues: crises
such as bullying, teen suicide, eating disorders, depression, cutting and self-­harm,
substance abuse, and the fear of talking to adults about things that really
matter. By facing these issues in a positive and constructive format, we help
youth find solutions among their peers and with adults so that they don’t have to
bear these difficult burdens alone and in darkness. Suicide is not the solution.
LETS is.
Public Counsel is the nation’s largest public interest law firm specializing in
delivering pro bono legal services to low-­‐income communities. Founded in 1970,
Public Counsel strives to achieve three main goals: protecting the legal rights of
disadvantaged children; representing immigrants who have been the victims of
torture, persecution, domestic violence, trafficking, and other crimes; and
fostering economic justice by providing individuals and institutions in
underserved communities with access to quality legal representation.
Lupus LA (SLE Lupus Foundation, DBA Lupus LA)
www.firstgiving.com/teamlupusla
Team Life without Lupus is proud to be an official charity of the ASICS LA
Marathon. Our team provides athletes with an opportunity to make new friends
and reach their health and fitness goals while helping others in the community.
In exchange for training and support, you help raise money towards critical
patient services in the Greater Los Angeles area. You can help families cope with
this disease as we work towards a cure.
TEAM TO END AIDS (T2)
www.apla.org
TEAM TO END AIDS (T2), the endurance event training program of AIDS Project
Los Angeles (APLA), is dedicated to improving the lives of those who are affected
and infected by HIV/AIDS by raising funds to support the programs of APLA.
Through our fundraising efforts, we raise awareness and encourage everyday
people to get involved in creating an AIDS free generation. Through endurance
sport and social activities, we celebrate not only our accomplishments, but also
honor the lives of the men, women and children taken by HIV/AIDS while also
supporting those who are affected by HIV.
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