Big Sur Marathon Awards Grants to 82 Community Groups, schools and Other Nonprofit Groups, Locally and Nationally

Awardees from the Monterey Peninsula Supply Corps Association are flanked by Big Sur Marathon Executive Director Doug Thurston (left) and Board Chair John Mutty (right).

Representatives from the Big Sur community traveled to Monterey to accept checks on behalf of several health, safety and education groups while dozens of other organizations from throughout the Monterey Peninsula were awarded grant funding based on their level of service to the 30-year old non-profit organization.

In addition to supporting local groups, the marathon is also a vehicle to assist charitable organizations in their own fund raising efforts. Individuals sign up to run the Big Sur race while obtaining sponsors for their cause. Collectively, 11 organizations from outside the county raised more than $250,000 for such organizations as Lazarex Cancer Foundation, Doctors Without Borders, Children of Peru, the Boomer Esaison Foundation and others.

The complete list of groups receiving grants is listed below:

American Red Cross
Apple Pie School
Aria
Big Sur Charter School
Big Sur Grange
Big Sur Health Center
Big Sur Historical Society
Big Sur Volunteer Fire Brigade
Big Sur-Friends of Library
Cal Fire Communications Task Force
California Nursing Students Association of MPC
Captain Cooper School Parent Club
Carmel High Track & Field/Cross Country
Carmel Host Lion Club
Carmel Mission Catholic Youth Ministry
Carmel Mission Foundation
Carmel Valley Community Youth Center
Central Coast Girls Athletic Foundation
Central Coast HIV/AIDS Services
Central Coast Lighthouse Keepers
CERV Monterey Peninsula
Child Abuse Prevention Council
Community Partnership for Youth
Del Rey Woods PTA
Fire Safe Council for Monterey County
Friends of Monterey Public Library
Gazebo School Park
Girl Scout Artemis Leadership Camp
Girl Scout Destination
Girl Scout Troop 30626
Girls Inc. of Central Coast (Seaside High)
Hartnell College Physics Club
Henry Miller Memorial Library
International School
Japanese Language School
Junior League of Monterey County
Junipero Serra School – Washington Program
Juvenile Impact Program
Kinship Support Unlimited
Kiwanis Club of Pacific Grove
Knights of Columbus Carmel
La Mesa Elementary School PTA
Marina High National Honor Society
Marina High School AVID program
Marina High School Cross Country
Mid-Coast Fire Brigade
Mission Trail Lions of Carmel
Mont. County Assn of Realtors
Monterey Bay Gymnastics Assoc.
Monterey County Habitat for Humanity
Monterey High Cross Country Boosters
Monterey High Football Boosters
Monterey High Wrestling Club
Monterey Pen. Supply Corps Association
Monterey Peninsula Choral Society
Monterey Peninsula Diving
MPC Child Development Center
Naval Postgraduate School Foundation Cycling Club
Old Capitol Lions Club
Pacific Grove High Breaker Wrestling
Pacific Grove High School Lacrosse
Pacific Grove High Track/Cross Country Dept
Pacific Grove Middle School
Pacific Grove Music Boosters
Pacific Valley School
Rising Star Gymnastics Booster Club
Robert Down School PTA
Saint Mary’s Youth Group
San Carlos School
Santa Catalina School
Seaside High Cross Country/Track
Seaside High Girls Softball
Stage Kids, Etc.
Troop 127 Boy Scouts of America
Troop 2, Boy Scouts of America
Troop 43, Boy Scouts of America
Troop 60, Boy Scouts of America
Troop 90, Boy Scouts of America
Ventana Wildlife Society
Venture Crew 122
White Stag Leadership
York School