Monday, October 17, 2011
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A race Sunday wasn't about finishing first. It was about ending hunger half a world away.A group of six Minnesota college students spent their summer organizing Run for Unite to raise money for famine relief in Somalia.
The United Nations says more than 29,000 children under 5-years-old died in just three months in Somalia. The United Nations says this is the driest year in 60 years.
A group of recent Southwest High School graduates couldn't stand to see such suffering. The organized Sunday's 5K and festival on East River Parkway in Minneapolis.
Their goal was to raise $30,000 and awareness. Re money raised goes to the American Refugee Committee.
Source: KSTP.com