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Photo of the Day: Columbia Students Run, Bike to Celebrate Partnership

CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield and McDonald's donate $35,000 to get youth triathlon program started.

Community, education and business leaders and Howard County Public School System students gathered recently to celebrate a partnership that will implement Learn2Tri, a youth triathlon education program, as a pilot effort in several local schools.

The partnership with TriColumbia, an endurance event production company, and CareFirst BlueCross and BlueShield and McDonald's was formalized with a check presentation at Long Reach High School Dec. 15, according to a press release from the company.

CareFirst donated $25,000 and McDonald's donated $10,000.

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TriColumbia will pilot a triathlon (running, biking, swimming) program for fourth-graders at Hammond and Talbott Spring Elementary schools; sixth-graders at Burleigh Manor and Wilde Lake Middle schools; and ninth-graders at Glenelg and Long Reach High schools.

“Having the opportunity to work with incredible organizations such as CareFirst and McDonald’s Family Restaurants of Greater Baltimore is a tremendous honor for TriColumbia,” said Robert Vigorito, President and founder of TriColumbia, in the statement. “It has always been a dream of mine to give back to the community and to educate our youth on the benefits of triathlon and I would like to thank all of our sponsors and partners for making this possible.”

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Other program partners and sponsors include Howard County Public Schools, Columbia Association and Trek Bicycles.


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