AJ is offering a discount of 60% off the regular registration fee ($10, original price $25) to all school participants for the 5K Run/Walk with a promise of giving back to each school, 100% of the funds raised plus a match of 50% more upto a $1000 for our 10th Annual 5K event held on Sunday Sept 16 2018. Our generous donors help us raise funds for our organization and this is part of our outreach to the local community. The match and cap is specific to this 5K Run/Walk event. One of the primary reasons we are undertaking this initiative is because this is our 10th year of our 5K fundraiser and we along with our kids have benefited from the school system in the county, especially CHS and Chantillyyouth.org/track which supported us in our initial years of organizing the annual 5K. We wanted to find a meaningful way of contributing back to the community and combining our mission of education by promoting diversity, healthy lifestyle and a sense of giving back to our local community. Through our generous donors we have funds available today and we want to use them to bring awareness about Asha-Jyothi and in turn impress upon the next generation that giving back is essential, important for our future and ofcourse a lot of fun. Run registrations are typically not tax deductible (as you receive T-shirt, food, water etc) but an additional amount donated by you in addition to run registration is tax deductible as we are a 501 (C)3 charity organization since 2003.