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Designed for runners, by runners, Feetures, a leading performance sock brand, supports runners and other athletes in their pursuit of active lifestyles. Family owned and operated out of North Carolina, Feetures is focused on offering the highest quality products that are designed to help athletes achieve their personal best.
Feetures continues its mission to inspire healthy lifestyles by partnering with Let Me Run. The sponsorship is a natural fit for Feetures! who is passionate about inspiring kids to be active and healthy.
Feetures Founder Hugh Gaither and his two sons, John and Joe, are all active runners and Charlotte locals. “We felt that Let Me Run was just in line with our company’s values of supporting kids programs and getting them active,” says Joe Gaither, Feetures! Director of Marketing. “As a product of the Charlotte community, it was a natural fit to give back to a group that is doing so much for the youth of Charlotte.”
Ashley Armistead, founder of Let Me Run, echoed the sentiments, “Feetures and Let Me Run share common threads in our missions. We both want to see people achieving healthy, active lifestyles and living their personal best. To have the support of a company that has such a stellar reputation for quality and teamwork allows us to further spread our mission and ultimately partner in creating a more peaceful and productive world.”
Since 2005, Emerson Joseph has been passionate about providing the best services in the country for ambitious men who know the value of looking their best. Men who succeed when others fail are those who invest in themselves; we’re empowering these forward-thinkers by going well beyond basic haircuts. Success is a state of mind.
St. John Photography develops a strong bond with customers, whether they come to us for advertising photography, commercial catalogs, individual families or entire schools. Our images are beautiful, but it’s not just about the photos. When a commercial client is going to print and needs a digital image retouched by the next morning, we’ll work overnight to get it done. If a family wants to create something totally unique and original (check out our “family fantasy photos”) we’ll brainstorm for hours; and our private-school families know us as the “artsy” photographer they can’t believe takes school photos!
The Partnership for Male Youth strives for a world in which adolescent and young adult males are valued as assets and where their health and wellbeing are promoted.
The Partnership for Male Youth’s Role: Building awareness and providing resources to address the unique health challenges young males face. The Partnership is the only US national organization whose sole focus is on the health and wellbeing of males ages 10 to 25.
Flow Motion Running’s proven techniques and training methods will lead you along the road to the achievements and happiness you deserve.
Whether you need some additional motivation or accountability, help designing and structuring your training, expanding your running knowledge and understanding, or just need some advice for an upcoming race or running technique, Flow Motion is here to help you as little or as much as you need. Our training plans and coaching can be just what you need to set up you for success.
In Appreciation and Memory of Barbara Meyer
Tyler M., Runner
I’ve been in it for 3 seasons now, and I have mainly found my second family with my coaches and my teammates at Ida Rankin Elementary School...My experience as a Let Me Run boy has been one of the most amazing experiences of my life.
FALL 2024 COACH
The boys built so much self-confidence. The returning Let Me Run boys set higher goals for themselves and surpassed their goals!
Elizabeth P., WA Coach
The best part has been seeing the boys grow in their running and the way they motivate themselves. They set goals on the runs of when they will take walk breaks and it's been neat to watch how they have developed their own mantras and strategies naturally throughout the season.
Tyler M., Let Me Run Parent
My son took a risk by doing something he wasn't 100% comfortable trying. He formed friendships with teammates and was prompted to consider lessons he may not otherwise have had an opportunity to reflect upon.
Let Me Run Parent
This was the first organized sports activity that my son loved from start to finish. He learned to persevere and challenge himself. I appreciated the coaches brought such a positive approach to each season.
DJ, Runner
Let Me Run encouraged me to do better in class; to focus and study at home. It taught me that I need to keep encouraging myself to do better.
Rosy B., Coach
It just makes me feel really good to know that I am helping shape these boys’ lives to help them grow up to be strong confident men who are going to be non-violent, who are going to be themselves and promote respectful behaviors.
Wilson O., Runner
I’m not always the first guy to cross the finish line, but I still persevere. It’s great to be able to run a 5k and win a medal you know you’ve earned yourself...Let Me Run felt like a safe place where I could talk to coaches and friends about my troubles and they could give me advice on how to get through them.
Max, Alumni
If I didn’t have running, I honestly don’t know what my life would be like. Probably the biggest Let Me Run lesson that stuck with me is to never give up.
Julian S., Runner
I was a little nervous. I thought I wasn't fast enough like the other kids. I thought they might not like me because I was in a wheelchair. Once I got started, I was happy and that it was fun.
Tina P., Parent
Since starting Let Me Run just one year ago, his running has gone from running after school with his teammates at Let Me Run to just returning from the National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships.
Sharon M., Parent
When Bobby was struggling to survive that first year of life and was suffering from congestive heart failure I was just praying for him to live and to maybe be able to walk and talk, but never would have dreamed that someday he would be running 5k.
Jennifer B., Parent
Just seeing Liam interested in something that involves exercise and teamwork is huge! Typical of kids with Asperger Syndrome, he has shied away from both until now. I'm so grateful to see him engaged and having fun — and making friends!
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Thank you for supporting Let Me Run. Your sponsorship will help Let Me Run boys continue to become courageous enough to be themselves. Because we are a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization, your donation is tax-deductible. To donate to the program, a specific region, or team, click here. To donate by check, please make your check payable to Let Me Run, and mail to:
Let Me Run
PO Box 12091
Charlotte, NC 28220