Sebastian Amaro, an eighth-grade student at NPA in Arcata, seems to be a pretty crack runner. Here’s a Mad River Union story that shows him placing third among all eighth graders at last fall’s Humboldt County Youth Cross Country Championships. Nice job!

But Sebastian is about more than just running. He’s also about making sure all the kids can run if they want to, and to that end he has made it his mission to raise awareness of the Six Rivers Running Club’s Shoe Fund, which buys running shoes for kids whose families might have trouble affording them.

Sebastian recently wrote the Outpost to see if we might partner with him to spread the word about the Shoe Fund, as the deadline for applications this year is coming up soon. The Outpost said that it would be honored to do so.

Take it away, Sebastian:

There is a local shoe fund in Humboldt County called the SRRC shoe fund.

This is primarily for young runners who are struggling to buy running shoes and whose families have lower incomes. The goal is so that these young runners can run for their school or running club, but only K-12th graders are eligible for this.

This application must be filled out by the coach of a running team/club, and they have to email maguro4u@gmail.com for the application, and you must send this in by April 30, but there is no guarantee that your school will get shoes.

If you have any questions about this you can visit the SRRC shoe fund pdf which has all the information.