Ultramarathon runner Dan Heston kicked off a monthlong βMiles for Mealsβ campaign for the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona. The campaign is sponsored by the Southern Arizona Roadrunners.
Heston ran 53 miles along the Chuck Huckelberry Loop to begin the campaign on Saturday, Jan. 2.
All month long anyone can join by walking or running and submitting their miles. The Southern Arizona Roadrunners will donate $1 for every mile logged with verification or logged using a phone app.
Connie Brannock bikes up "A" mountain with her wife and friends and got tired of complaining about the trash they would see. She decided to form a group, contact Tucson Clean and Beautiful and officially adopted "A" Mountain. Now on the first Monday of each month the Trashy Divas can be seen filling up garbage bags. The group started in September 2019. Video by Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Anyone wanting to take part in the campaign can register for free and submit their miles at SAR Miles for Meals at tucne.ws/1gh9
The fitness organization will tally the miles run or walked between Jan. 2 and Jan. 31 to track the total donation.
The Southern Arizona Roadrunners is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health and fitness through running and walking.
Photos: The Trashy Divas are Cleaning Up "A" Mountain in Tucson
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C.J. Pulliam, left, and Rose Lady, members of the Trashy Divas, pick up trash in Sentinel Peak Park on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Connie Brannock, left, explains to her fellow Trashy Divas where the group will be picking up garbage along Sentinel Peak on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Over a dozen women and one man with the Trashy Divas prepare the pick up trash along along Sentinel Peak Road on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Julie Jones, far left, and Amy Weintraub, members of the Trashy Divas, talk while walking up Sentinel Peak Road on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Julie Jones, left, and Amy Weintraub, members of the Trashy Divas, talk while walking up Sentinel Peak Road on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Sandra Kinet, a member of the Trashy Divas, uses a picker to fill up her garbage bag with trash in Sentinel Peak Park on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Connie Brannock, founder of the Trashy Divas, carries a garbage bag full of trash along Sentinel Peak Road on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Amy Weintraub, a member of the Trashy Divas, fills up a garbage bag full of trash dumped along Sentinel Peak Road on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
