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Dear Friends

By now all of you have seen me walking funny after my long runs and know that I am running a marathon this Oct. I am sure “midlife crisis” and "mid-rib tire" have something to do with this!! However, the primary motivation for this run is to raise funds to support a non-profit group called Asha for Education. Asha means “HOPE” in Hindi and the focus of the group is to provide basic education to the underprivileged children in India. I have been an Asha volunteer for the last 10 years. Both Amy & I feel passionately about the problem of more than 300 million illiterates in India. I have had chance to visit a number of Asha projects in India and personally seen that true to its name, Asha indeed aspires to bring “HOPE” into the lives of children through education.

I would love to get your help with my Marathon fundraising effort. I am excited about the run and keen on playing my little part on solving this gargantuan problem. Here is the link for making credit card contribution so you wouldn't have to worry about writing a check (also this way you would immediately get your receipt for tax-deduction purpose).

Please use my "Runner's Identification Number" of …

Online donation link

FYI, Asha is entirely run by volunteers and as such, has very minimum administrative cost. Also, since I am bearing all my travel/training cost, 100% of your donation (after credit card processing fee of 3%) goes to projects in India. In case you want to get additional information about Asha, please do let me know or check out http://ashanet.org/.

I did a couple of 8-10 mile runs over the last few week and felt great. I guess this getting old business is not too bad! Once again thanks a lot for your generosity in supporting me. Cheers!

Mohit

PS: Just in case you are wondering about the contribution amount, here are some options to help you decide..

[ ] $26.2 Buck a mile

[ ] $52.4 Two bucks for every marathon mile

[ ] $104.8 I’m thankful for my education!

[ ] $262 $10/mile..4 more needy children who will get education this year!

[ ] _____ I am gonna be creative & generous J