Kasturi's Marathon Page


	A s h a C N J M a r a t h o n 2 0 0 7

	Asha for Education

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Asha for Education is an international non-profit organization committed to providing basic education for underprivileged children in India in the belief that education is a critical requisite for socio-economic change.

Till date, Asha has supported more than 385 different child education projects spanning 24 states in India. In terms of project funding, almost $4,000,000 has been disbursed to these projects since Asha's inception. In 2002 alone, Asha chapters raised and disbursed more than $1,000,000 to over 200 projects.

Kasturi's Runner Profile

I ran the Philadelphia half-marathon on Sunday November 18th '07 in 2 hours 37 minutes 38 seconds, to raise funds for "Asha for Education"-funded projects in India. Thanks for your donations and encouragement, which helped me reach my running and fundraising goals!
Here's the official race result(search with name!)

Thank you for your enthusiastic support, and most generous contributions:

Arnab, ma & baba, Santanu Ghosh, Chandana, Reshmi, Soumik, Bhismadev, Anjali Datta, Urmidola, Kantimoy Das Gupta, Debjani Paul, Vikram & Bidisha, Naseem, Sayak, Gayatri, Pratyasha Chakrabarty, Kamal, Susmita, Pallabi & Dibyendu Guha, Alivia, Swati, Kshitij, Antonina, Susmita, Prasanta Kumar Guha, Sumita Santra, Sumitra Purkayastha, Somnath Roy, Dhritiman, Neelima, Moumita & Kamal Roy, Devapriya, Purba, Debolina, Budhaditya, Kathakali, Sukanta Dey Roy, Rati, Catherine, Chuck & Rebecca, Marianna, Argha, Srimanti, Hyowon, SungPo, Chandrani & Jishnu, David, Lew, Beverly & Richard, Shaona Acharjee, Himan, Aparna, Sumit Sachdev, Arvind, Haile, Mithun, Arjun, Subhaditya, Nilanjan, Debasmita and anonymous well-wishers.

Total funds raised: $2901
(Thanks to GE and Qualcomm for matching donations made by their employees)
N.B. Donations for this event is now closed. See you again next year!

How You Can Help

You can help by contributing towards my fundraising goal. Every dollar you donate will help an underprivileged child get basic education. Please donate generously. All donations are 100% tax deductible (Tax ID: 77-0459884). Please check if your employer can make a matching donation.

You may donate online with a credit card (Visa or MasterCard) by clicking the button below:

Alternately, you may write a check to: "Asha for Education" with Marathon 08 for Kasturi B printed in the memo, and mail your donation to:
Asha for Education
1308 Centennial Ave, Suite 117
Piscataway, NJ 08854


	Kasturi

Training for:
Philadelphia Half Marathon

Fundraising goal:
$ 2500

Supported projects:
Central NJ