Dear Parents, Coaches, Teachers and School Administrators: I urge you to take a few minutes to read through this page to learn more about the details of our PR10K program. It can make a huge difference in the lives of our youth in so many positive ways. If you have any questions or comments after reading this information, click here to email me. Thank you, Robert Key - Founder of Faithful Soles

Enroll your school Excerpt from a letter about the PR10K program: "Mr. Key ...what I saw was so powerful. What was even more powerful was the feedback from students and staff. I was passing in the hall and the verbal exchange between students was unbelievable. Adjectives used from the students were inspiring, motivating, encouraging and determined, just to name a few. I heard one student say, "I think I can do anything now." Thank you for making such a significant impact on the lives of children." Ann A. - Principal

The purpose of PR10K is to establish a walking or running program for youth and teens, which promotes a healthy lifestyle, builds self-esteem, and teaches goal setting skills that ultimately may be used in all aspects of their lives. The goal of the program is to reach at least 10,000 young people by enrolling schools (this includes public, private and home schools, and there is no charge to enroll a school) in the PR10K program, which will give parents, coaches, teachers and administrators the initial tools necessary to get students involved in walking or running, regardless if the student is at a beginner, intermediate or advanced fitness level. PR10K is backed by the content on Faithful Soles, which is about inspiration, motivation and encouragement through real-life stories of people who have set and achieved goals, and in many cases overcome great personal obstacles. Faithful Soles is not just about walking or running, it is about celebrating the joys and overcoming the struggles in our lives.

Robert Key (standing left), Founder of Faithful Soles, coaching a group of 5th and 6th graders training for their first 5K race (3.1 miles). His son, Robert (standing right) is a high school senior who has completed 3 half-marathons (13.1 miles) and he attends various training sessions to be a teen mentor to the younger kids.

The students are introduced to the PR10K program through a 30 minute DVD that can be shown as part of a P.E. or regular classroom setting. Robert Key, Founder of Faithful Soles, who has given motivational and goal setting speeches to thousands of runners and non-runners of all ages and abilities, talks on the DVD about his involvement as a runner beginning in 1970 at the age of 11 up to present day, where he shares the story of his training and dedication to accomplish his dream of running in the 2000 Boston Marathon. Robert then takes the students through steps on how to set a goal and how those steps apply to not just a running program, but to other aspects of their lives, such as being successful in their school work, making friends or making good choices. The DVD concludes with Robert sharing the story of "The Greatest Marathoner", perhaps the single most awe-inspiring and motivational story many of these youth will have ever heard.

After the DVD is finished, the students are provided with an information sheet about the PR10K program with a link to the Faithful Soles web site and how to sign up online. From this point, it becomes the responsibility of each individual student and their parents (or guardian) to enroll and follow the program as described in the next section (coaches who might want to integrate PR10K as part of a PE class, cross-country or track team may click here to email Robert Key for more details). The main idea is to get the student and other family members involved together in accomplishing their goal.

Students who become Faithful Soles members as part of the PR10K program (see details further below regarding membership) will have their own Faithful Soles Runner ID and password to login and have full access to all of the inspirational stories and features on the site, as well as a link to a downloadable "Goal Setting" form and a printable training log to track by date their mileage and cumulative mileage, and or time and cumulative time, towards a goal the student sets for themselves. When the student has achieved the primary goal they set for themselves on that form, they (with the help of a parent or guardian) will submit an online form to Faithful Soles and will be able to download a printable "Goal Achievement Certificate" in recognition of their accomplishment where they can add their name, a description of the goal they set for themselves, and it is signed by Robert Key. For coaches of cross-country or track teams, the "Goal Setting" form and earning the "Goal Achievement Certificate" are great motivating tools to monitor training and progress during both the regular and off-season.

Once a school has signed up for the PR10K program, it will also receive a "PR10K Code", which will be used not only to identify students who sign up from that school, but also establishes a Faithful Soles fund raising program for the school (see first section below). The "PR10K Code" will also be on the information sheet provided to the students that contains the link to the Faithful Soles web site.

Robert Key talks to a group of students about how to set goals in not only a walking or running program, but in other aspects of their lives such as being successful in school, making friends or making good choices.

A student may become a Faithful Soles member to be part of the PR10K program in one of two ways:*

• Parents or guardians may enroll a student online by completing the PR10K youth/teen/student membership registration process ($10.00 for one year). When the parent enters the PR10K Code assigned to your school on the membership registration form, 10% of those membership fees will be donated back to the school on a quarterly basis to support programs of the school's choosing (this may include a direct school program such as funds for PE supplies, team such as cross-country or track, support of the PTA, etc.). In addition, for each membership purchased in this fashion, FS will also provide a membership to a student who meets the criteria described in the next section. Parents, if you are uncertain if your child's school has enrolled yet in PR10K (or if you know for certain they have not), you may still sign up your child now in the program, and Faithful Soles will follow up with the school to get them enrolled in the program if they are not already set up.

• Coaches, teachers and/or school administrators may identify students who have expressed an interest in running, and are in underserved areas whose families may not have the financial means to enroll as members, and these students will be provided free memberships by Faithful Soles as they become available through fees collected from our regular memberships, membership gifts, and membership sponsorship programs. Faithful Soles will ask only for the first name, age and grade of any student meeting this criteria, and will email a Runner ID and password back to the school's primary contact for them to provide directly to the student which they may use on either computers at the school, or at home if they have one.

*The primary contact at the school (such as a coach, teacher or administrator, which is established on the school enrollment form), will be notified by Faithful Soles when a membership becomes available. If there is not a student at that school which the primary contact believes will meet the second enrollment criteria above, then Faithful Soles will provide that membership to a student at another school (this will be done on a rotating basis starting with the first school to enroll, then the second, third, etc.). Please note that each Runner ID and password is provided on a per student basis, and a single Runner ID and password may not be distributed for use to multiple students. Faithful Soles may track the number of times each Runner ID and password are logged on, and any abuse of those privileges with what may be considered excessive logins from potential multiple users may be cause to have that Runner ID and password revoked. As with any exercise program, it is the sole responsibility of the parent and/or guardian of each student enrolled to determine the level of physical activity that the student is capable of doing.