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Keep LA. Running: 5k/10k Run/Walk
Keep LA. Running, one of the oldest and most popular distance running events in Southern California, has raised over $1,000,000 for its beneficiary charities over the years. The event is organized by the Service Employees International Union Local 721 and benefits several charities and non-profit organizations including: the SEIU Local 721 L.A. County / Special Districts Employees Disaster Relief Fund; the Harbor UCLA Medical Center Neonatal Ward; the Pediatric Oncology Service, Women's and Children's Hospital of LAC + USC Medical Center, and the American Cancer Society.
SEIU Local 721 represents over 80,000 county and city employees across Southern California, including Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside counties and numerous cities in the region, as well as employees of special districts and publicly funded non-profits such as health clinics. Local 721 members care for the sick, protect the quality of the drinking water, keep records in the courts, administer benefits for poor people, maintain the libraries, help run the jails, maintain the streets, work with parolees, groom and maintain the beaches, and provide many other services to keep counties and cities running.
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