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Acclaimed endurance athlete Dean Karnazes, author of Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner and 50\/50: How to Achieve Super Endurance, will offer an inspiring keynote address at the third annual \u201cAn Education for Every Child\u201d event for Olive Crest Homes and Services for Abused Children on Wednesday, July 8. The major education-themed fundraising event will be held from 2:30 to 6:00 at the Old Ranch Country Club in Seal Beach, California.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAn Education for Every Child\u201d raises funds for Olive Crest\u2019s diverse educational programs\u2014which include the NOVA Academy high school for at-risk teens, three Therapeutic Educational Center (or TEC) schools for exceptional middle and elementary school kids, and the Olive Crest Education Fund, which provides scholarships for college and pays the costs of tuition, housing, tutors, mentoring and even backpacks for at-risk youngsters<\/span><\/p>\n Time magazine named Dean Karnazes as one of the \u201cTop 100 Most Influential People in the World.\u201d He is an internationally recognized endurance athlete, a best-selling author, and a sought-after speaker. In addition, Karnazes is an accomplished businessman and entrepreneur with a notable professional career working for Fortune 500 companies and startups alike.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re so honored to have Dean Karnazes speak at our event,\u201d says Olive Crest co-founder Lois Verleur. \u201cHis accomplishments are extraordinary, and I know he will be an inspiration to everyone present.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n A passionate advocate for healthy, active living\u2014Men\u2019s Fitness said of him, \u201c[He] might just be the fittest man in the world\u201d\u2014Karnazes\u2019 most recent endeavor was running 50 marathons, in all 50 states, in 50 consecutive days, finishing with the New York City Marathon, which he completed in three hours and thirty seconds.\u00a0 Among his many accomplishments, he\u2019s run a 135-mile ultramarathon across Death Valley in 120-degree temperatures and a marathon to the South Pole in negative 40 degrees. He\u2019s run a 200-mile relay solo, racing alongside teams of twelve, and has completed a 35-mile run. Karnazes swam across the San Francisco Bay, climbed Half Dome in Yosemite, mountain-biked for 24 hours straight, surfed the gigantic waves off the coast of Hawaii, and is an accomplished windsurfer. He won the Vermont 100-mile Endurance Run, holds eleven Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run silver buckles for sub-24-hour finishes, has raced and competed across the globe, and has won the world\u2019s toughest footrace: the Badwater Ultramarathon.\u00a0 He is a recipient of an ESPN ESPY Award for Best Outdoor Athlete in 2006.<\/span><\/p>\n His incredible adventures have been featured on 60 Minutes, The Today Show, The Late Show with David Letterman, NPR\u2019s Morning Edition, Late Night with Conan O\u2019Brien, the BBC and many others. His first book, Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner, is a national bestseller. Beyond being an acclaimed endurance athlete, philanthropist, and bestselling author, Karnazes is an accomplished businessman with a notable professional career working for several Fortune 500 companies and startups. In the span of two decades, he has risen through the ranks of corporate America to become president of his own company. Karnazes is a frequent speaker to schools and youth groups. He has traveled the country, meeting and running with people of all ages to promote the importance of physical exercise and good diet.<\/span><\/p>\n Tickets and sponsorships for \u201cAn Education for Every Child\u201d are available at four different price levels; $3,500 for premium seating for eight as well as special recognition, entry into a VIP cocktail reception and a photo op with Dean Karnazes: $2,500 for a table of eight with special recognition; individual tickets for $500 each; and $10,000 for all previously mentioned benefits as well as company participation with speaker during the Q&A portion of the event.\u00a0 For more information or to purchase tickets, register at olivecrest.org, or contact Gloria Grana at (714) 543-5437 ext. 1649 or gloria-grana@olivecrest.org<\/span><\/p>\n Since 1973, Olive Crest Homes & Services for Abused Children has been a leader in providing care for abused, abandoned and severely neglected children.\u00a0 Olive Crest is dedicated to Preventing child abuse, to Treating and Educating at-risk children and to Preserving the family\u2026 \u201cOne Life at a Time.\u201d \u00ae<\/span><\/p>\n Olive Crest continues to promote the Health, Nutrition and Safety of children and families through innovative programs including specialized education, foster and adoption, family preservation, and residential homes.\u00a0 Olive Crest\u2019s outreach serves California, Nevada, and the Pacific Northwest.\u00a0 For information call 1-800-550-CHILD (2445) or visit www.olivecrest.org.<\/span><\/p>\n Report By Current PR<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes, one of TIME Magazine’s “Top 100 Most Influential People In The World” will be the keynote speaker at Olive Crest’s 3rd Annual Event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-3597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3597"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=3597"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}