Challenges are important because meeting them makes us both feel and be more self-confident. Runspiration is a program that involves a physical challenge -- running -- coupled with a dose of inspiration -- reading picture book biographies of amazing men and women who overcame great challenges and made the world a better place

For three Wednesdays in a row, participants in grades 3-5 will work up their stamina to run around the field at the Town Hall. After testing themselves the first week to see what their stamina is, they will create a goal for themselves by determining how many laps they want to be able to run by the fourth and last week of the program. Each subsequent week they will work up to that goal and then on the fourth week will see how they do.