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Beit T\’Shuvah Partners with the LA Marathon – Residential treatment center and official LA Marathon Charity encourages runners to train in support of the battle against addiction
BeitT'Shuvah has already helped transform the lives of thousands of former addicts. The organization's "Run to Save a Soul" campaign demonstrates the ability of those who have battled addiction not only to recover, but to thrive.
The Beit T'Shuvah (BTS) Training Team currently has thirty-one people including residents, staff, alumni, and supporters of Beit T'Shuvah. Members of last year's team have now returned to run for Beit T'Shuvah once again.
Not only are they running on the team, but they have taken on the task of training newer runners who are attempting to run their first marathon.
Craig Miller, first-year team member, remembers standing on the sidelines last year cheering on the BTS runners. "I had finally realized where I was at and how much my addiction had taken from me. Athletics had always been a foundation in my life and watching other people run past me was my absolute bottom. That was the worst I had ever felt in my life".
For Craig, that small moment created a big change in his life. He set out determined to join the BTS Training Team and run the 2011 LA Marathon. Craig, like many others at Beit T'Shuvah, is an example of the positive change that CEO Harriet Rossetto describes when she says, "There is nothing so moving as being witness to the transformation of a human soul."
She invites others to share in the miracle of transformation by running with the team or by sponsoring one of the runners.
About Beit T' Shuvah
Founded in 1987, Beit T'Shuvah is a non profit organization committed to providing emotional and spiritual healing in a Jewish context to individuals and families afflicted with addictive and behavioral disorders.
To find out more about Beit T'Shuvah and the "Run to Save a Soul" campaign please visit our homepage www.beittshuvah.org or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/beittshuvah
