Broward IRONMAN competes for a cause

Release date: 2/24/2009

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.,February 24, 2009--Local IRONMAN Alfredo Aguirre raised $1,400 through sponsorships during his recent competition. He donated the money to Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS), Intercoastal Division, where he serves on the Executive Board. Aguirre has been actively involved with CHS for more than five years and currently serves as the Board Development Committee Chair.

“I constantly thought of my kids, the kids at the shelter and my friends back home who supported me. I did not want to let anyone down. With two miles to go, you can hear the crowds; any pain you have goes away and you get ready for the mandatory run down the runway. I have been waiting to hear 'Alfredo Aguirre from Weston you are an IRONMAN' for three years – it was so loud and I was so happy, giving people high fives that I barely heard my named called. So after three years of beginning my journey to become an IRONMAN, I finished in 15 hours and 58 minutes. I could have not been happier," says Aguirre. "I wanted to support my cause and to show my kids that if you persevere and focus,you can achieve.”

Founded in 1902 in Jacksonville, CHS is the largest and oldest statewide not-for-profit child- and family-serving organization in Florida. Last year alone, CHS helped turn the lives around for more than 86,000 children and families. For 42 years, the Intercoastal Division, a United Way member organization, has served Broward County and currently offers a unique spectrum of human services such as adoption assistance, foster care, family preservation, substance abuse outpatient, a children’s emergency home, individual and family mental health therapy, legal advocacy for children with special needs, and child abuse prevention programs. CHS has been fully accredited by Council on Accreditation since 1982 and maintains a 3-Star rating on Charity Navigator.

For more information about CHS, please call (954) 453-6400.

No clients shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Clients needing accommodations for a disability and/or clients with special communications needs should contact their Children’s Home Society of Florida worker or make their request for accommodation at the time of admission into a Children’s Home Society of Florida program.

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