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For the second year in a row, a group of local runners raised $40,000 for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Monmouth County [BGCM] by participating in several shore-area races.

Team BGCM was led by Middletown resident Douglas Eagles,executive director of Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County, and Shrewsbury resident Lisi Klus, development and communications associate, according to a release from Klus.

Eagles [shown above, third from left] and Klus organized the team of 36 runners who trained and fundraised together for several months leading up to the Asbury Park Half Marathon, New Jersey Marathon, Long Branch Half Marathon, and Half Marathon Relay. Each team member was asked to raise at least $1,035 to sponsor one Boys & Girls Club member for a year of after-school programming.

Members of this year’s Team BGCM were Asbury Park Police Chief Mark Kinmon; BGCM Board President Shawn Mulligan of Sea Girt; BGCM Board Member Rev. Lyddale Akins of Neptune; Michael Garrison of Fair Haven; Craig Kolb of Fair Haven; Harris Davis of Fair Haven; Dennis and Sarah Devine of Rumson; Paul Stephan of Fair Haven; Don Butler of Fair Haven; Peter Coleman of Fair Haven; Mike Cohen of Fair Haven; Holly Lucarelli of Barnegat; Deana Farinick of Howell; Lana Inacio of Monmouth Beach; Jordan Huthwaite of Little Silver; MaryJane Gallo of Little Silver; Bill Lopez of Little Silver; Jacqui Corre of Little Silver; John Volpe of Manasquan; Veera Gupta of Manasquan; Nancy Elliott of Manasquan; Brent Shibla of Manasquan; John Calabrese of Manasquan; Shane Hancock of Atlantic Highlands; Julie Nagy of Matawan; Katie-Anne Conway of Aberdeen; Kathryn Eagles of Middletown; Matthew Littlehale of Long Branch; Rachel Garduce of Long Branch; Deirdre Bova of Oceanport; Nicole Corre of Red Bank; Nona Gross of Asbury Park; Lucinda Monica of Farmingdale; Ellena Pol of Sea Bright; and Ming Chen of Eatontown.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County provide safe places for young people in Monmouth County, where they can receive programs and services that will help them realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.  For more information, visit www.bgcmonmouth.org.

[Photo at top: Members of Team BGCM after running the Asbury Park Half Marathon.]

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