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Running Specialty Store Stepping Up to Help Boston Marathon Families
Owner of Active Runner tells our news partner WEWS Channel 5 that he will donate profits from sales this weekend to help those affected by the bombings.
A Strongsville running specialty store owner is pitching in to help the victims in Monday’s deadly bombings in Boston.
“It’s something in my heart that I really feel like I need to do,” said Randy Osborne, owner of Active Runner.
Osborne told Patch's news partner, WEWS Channel 5, that he plans to donate all of the profits he receives at his store Saturday April 20 and Sunday April 21 to support those affected by the bombings. More than 170 were injured and three were killed following two explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line.
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“It’s just something that really touched home with me,” Osborne said.
Osborne is a marathon runner and a parent. He said he was moved to engage the community to support Boston once he learned that 8-year-old Martin Richard had died as a result of the blasts.
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“I just couldn’t imagine my daughter or son waiting at the finish line of a marathon knowing what happened,” Osborne said.
Active Runner is located at 13500 Pearl Rd in Strongsville. The store is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
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