Posted: January 13, 2005

Athletics: Honolulu Marathon Offers 8 Truck Loads of Race Supplies to Tsunami Victims

HONOLULU - Less than three weeks after their race, Honolulu Marathon officials pulled thousands of race supplies from storage closets to donate to Sri Lankan tsunami victims.

Officials spent much of Dec. 30 delivering eight truck loads of material to Oceanit, a local engineering firm that is shipping relief supplies to the tiny island nation.

Dr. Dayan Vithanage, the Sri Lankan native who is Oceanit's relief coordinator, said the Honolulu Marathon made possibly the largest donation he received.

Among the items donated by the Honolulu Marathon were 12,000 water cups, 2,000 marathon volunteer shirts, 600 shirts left over from the Honolulu Marathon's Bryan Clay Clinic, 2,000 tee-shirt bags, 1,200 caps, 500 55-gallon trash bags, 500 pairs of surgical gloves, 360 cans of soft drinks, 400 rolls of toilet paper, 288 bottles of water, 72 large bath towels, 48 full-sized bed sheets, 20 1-gallon water jugs and 20 large shipping boxes.

The Honolulu Marathon, which was America's third largest marathon of 2004 behind New York City and Chicago, was held Dec. 12.

Visit the race website at: www.honolulumarathon.org.

Ryan Lamppa, Running USA Media Services Director
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