2009-2010 School Year Highlights

2009-2010 was an exciting and groundbreaking year for our youth programs.

The Big Picture

• NYRR youth programs served as many as 105,000 children a week locally, nationally, and internationally.

 
• NYRR established 464 youth programs in schools and community centers around the world.

 
• Mighty Milers around the world logged more than 2.5 million miles.
 

New York City

• NYRR’s primary youth programs, Mighty Milers and Young Runners, served as many as 45,000 NYC children a week—a 13% increase.  


• Mighty Milers NYC ran in excess of 1.2 million miles—a 20% increase.


• NYRR staged 90 youth events for more than 27,000 participants.
 

National

• Mighty Milers programs are running in all 50 states!
 
• Mighty Milers in the U.S. logged more than 2 million miles —a 25% increase!

• Mighty Milers in the U.S. earned 45,491 “marathons of miles” medals—a 23% increase.

More than 75% of the children served by our programs qualified for the Free and Reduced Price Federal Lunch Program.