{"id":2923,"date":"2007-10-23T11:53:26","date_gmt":"2007-10-23T15:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/?p=2923"},"modified":"2008-09-04T11:55:18","modified_gmt":"2008-09-04T15:55:18","slug":"%e2%80%98run-the-race%e2%80%99-a-joshua-house-juniors-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/?p=2923","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Run the Race\u2019, a Joshua House Juniors fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> Tommie Murray has been training for the past six months to accomplish something she has never done before.
\nOn October 28, she will be running in the 26.2 mile Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, DC.
\nShe said she decided to run this endurance race to help raise awareness about the future of Tyrone \u2013 the children.
\n\u201cChildren are the future of our community and of our nation. I moved to Tyrone in June 2006 to help make a difference for the children here,\u201d said Murray. \u201cI connected with Jim Kilmartin to begin the Joshua House Juniors program \u2013 a ministry that serves the children with academic help, opportunities to make friends in a safe place, and most importantly a chance to get to know the love of our Father in Heaven through his son Jesus.
\n\u201cRunning this marathon mirrors the perseverance and determination a child needs to have in order to overcome the challenges life brings them. The feeling of accomplishment and self-respect as each mile is completed mirrors the small successes that help motivate children to continue to do great things, no matter how hard those tasks may seem to be.\u201d
\nMurray said as she researched marathons, she found a trend that many people run for a cause or to bring about awareness or funds for something important to them.
\n\u201cSomething that\u2019s important to me is children,\u201d added Murray, who is a Kindergarten teacher at Myers Elementary School in Bellwood. \u201cIf there\u2019s any worthy cause in my life, it\u2019s children and their overall health.\u201d
\nAlong with coordinating the Joshua House Juniors program at Joshua House, Murray is also the assistant girls varsity soccer coach for Tyrone Area High School.
\n\u201cI\u2019m really running not only to raise funds but awareness for emotional, spiritual and mental health in our future generations,\u201d added Murray.
\nAll proceeds that Murray raises with her run will go towards sending kids to camp at Joshua House Juniors.
\nThose who would like to make donations can email her at: tommie@joshuahousetyrone.org, call 684-2032, mail to 123 W. 10th Street, Tyrone or stop by Joshua House. Make all checks payable to Joshua House.
\nMurray added that Joshua House Juniors will be starting up again in November. One day a week there will be after school tutoring and games, one night a week there will be children\u2019s church and one night a month there will be family night where parents and children can create a fun craft together.
\n\u201cI\u2019ve already seen so many positive changes,\u201d Murray added about the overall well-being of the area. \u201cI think Tyrone has such great potential.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tommie Murray has been training for the past six months to accomplish something she has never done before. On October 28, she will be running in the 26.2 mile Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, DC. She said she decided to run this endurance race to help raise awareness about the future of Tyrone \u2013 the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area","category-excerpts-from-the-tyrone-daily-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2923\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}