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Shania’s Story

Shania, 22, Challenge Captain, NH, Organized the Race Across The State (RATS) that culminated in 15 hours of running across New Hampshire! Together with 11 teammates, she raised $1,436 to support communities and households battling the lingering economic effects of COVID-19.

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Impact & Background

My experience running this event not only challenged me and my teammates physically but also expanded my ability to organize and coordinate rather involved events. Partnering with Positive Tracks significantly helped streamline the processes involved in planning and executing.

Having accomplished the goals I originally set out to achieve, I feel a lot more empowered and confident in my leadership abilities, and organizational skills.

The best part of this experience (apart from the moment of making it to the metaphorical finish line of our run) was talking to freshmen throughout the run and hearing them tell me that our event (Race Across The State) will be one of their most memorable events in their Dartmouth career.


My advice is to take every step of the change-making process one day at a time – you are bound to run into challenges, what matters however is not so much how much or why they appear but rather how you respond.

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