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Program offers promising students A World of Possibilities

Marathon Education Partners teams up fourth-grade students with mentors and financial assistance for higher education

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Marathon Education Partners sponsors yearly events that bring "scholars" and "partners" together. Activities include picnics, a winter event, and a "think tank," where students go to area businesses and learn more about what it takes to work there.

Like many great ideas, this one began with a run.

A group of friends, all Nike attorneys, were out pounding the pavement one day soon after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, tossing back and forth ideas on how they could help improve their communities.

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