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DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014 Charlie Chatterton, a professor of health and physical education at Eastern Connecticut State University, has pledged to run 1,000 miles and take a million strides to help the 40 million people in the United States living in poverty. Now he\u2019s going to run circles around Western Connecticut State University \u2014 and the community is invited to join.<\/p>\n

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At 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3, Chatterton will begin running 26 one-mile laps around the university\u2019s Midtown campus at 181 White St. in Danbury. This run will be his 40th marathon over the past 39 months and is part of his ambitious \u201cTaking Strides to \u2018Brake\u2019 the Cycle of Poverty.\u201d Any money collected through donations will be turned over to various charities including Catholic Campaign for Human Development, Holy Family Home and Shelter and the City of New Orleans Recreation Department. To date he has collected just under $10,000. <\/p>\n

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The event is being coordinated by WCSU\u2019s Newman Center, the Social Work Club, and the HPX Club. Tables will be set up around the university gates on White Street and information about poverty and what the community can do to help will be available.<\/p>\n

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In 2003 Chatterton started cycling around the state and then, 39 months ago, he started running marathons. Each marathon represents 1 million U.S. residents living in poverty. He hopes to run the last marathon \u2014 the 41st to represent the million people living in poverty and not yet recognized \u2014 of his project in December, but has not yet chosen a location.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a nice way to get people involved and increase awareness,\u201d Chatterton said. \u201cI\u2019m excited about this. It\u2019s great doing it on a college campus and increasing students\u2019 awareness of issues surrounding poverty. It\u2019s more about awareness than anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For more information, contact the Office of University Relations at (203) 837-8486.<\/p>\n

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