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Eleven girls who compete in cross country and/or track and field for four Guilford County high schools are assembling a 210-mile run from Greensboro to Surf City to raise money for earthquake victims in Haiti.

Taylor Rhodes, a sophomore at Northwest, is organizing the event, scheduled to start Feb. 17.

"When I heard about the earthquakes in Haiti," Rhodes writes in an email, "I knew immediately that I wanted to help. So for about the past two weeks I have been putting together a charity run to collect money for Haiti."

She adds: "The girls and I are going to be collecting money at our schools and all throughout our community. We are going to be donating all the money that we collect to a charity called 'Haiti Earthquake Relief, World Witness.' One hundred percent of donations to this charity go to Haiti."

The runners:

Taylor Rhodes, Northwest

Maggie Harahan, Page

Tori Shelton, Southwest

Erin McGuirk, Northern

Jessica Kaat, Northwest

 Alyssa Torres, Northwest

 Sideny Havas, Northwest

 Mandy Bowen, Northwest

 Kelly Snyder, Northwest

 Avery Snipes, Northwest

 Maria Lamore, Page

To contribute: Send a check made out to Lumiere Medical Ministries to P.O. Box 364, Colfax, NC 27235.

To connect on Facebook: 2nd Annual Run 4 Haiti, Chump Change 4 Real Change.

To learn more: Email Taylor Rhodes.