New Years Double Presents Over $10,000 in Charitable Donations In Inaugural Year
Allen, Texas – The New Years Double held a check presentation ceremony and press conference on February 16. With city staff, city councilmembers, race sponsors, race participants, and beneficiaries in attendance, Libby Jones, founder and race director for the New Years Double, presented checks to the 9 beneficiaries of this year’s inaugural event.
While the event had only a few sponsors, good expense management resulted in being able to present checks totaling $10,275 to the various charities.
The Allen Parks Foundation was the primary beneficiary of the event and received $7,600. The event would not have been possible without great community partners in its sponsors. The event sponsors were Next Step Orthopedics, City of Fairview, Spring Valley Spine and Sportscare, Cinemark Theatres, and Baylor Regional Medical Center of Plano.
New Years Double in its inaugural year was a full weekend of run events. Two days of races, from 5K up to a marathon, at beautiful Celebration Park in Allen. This event was Collin County’s first marathon. By offering back-to-back days of
marathons and half marathons, this put Allen on the national radar for the distance running community. Each day’s race sold out with 1,000 participants. The next event will be Monday, December 31, 2012 and Tuesday, January 1, 2013. Registration will open for 2012/2013 on March 1 . For more information on the event go to
www.newyearsdouble.com.
