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At CentreSource, we do everything we can to stay connected to the community around us. Recently, a great opportunity arose for us to donate our time to work with Ellie's Run for Africa (ERFA), a 5k Race and Family Fun day that is taking place in Nashville at the end of June, that has an amazing story behind it.

Ellie was 10 when she heard Larry Warren, the president of African Leadership (http://www.africanleadership.org), speak at her church about the slums of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya. Something touched Ellie's heart, and she knew that she had to do something to help the kids. Three years later and two races later, Ellie (along with an awesome group of volunteers) have raised more than $40,000 that has been used to build four classrooms, clothe children with needed uniforms & shoes, and provide school supplies for children in the Kibera Slum, and help support the Living Hope Clinic in Cape Town, South Africa. (You can view a video of Ellie's story here)

In preparation for this year's race (on June 23rd), ERFA was needing a website update. Basing the website design on the amazing poster created by one of the ERFA volunteers, CentreSource used the open-source content management system Drupal for the new site (http://www.elliesrun.org). Apart from utilizing some user-contributed Drupal modules, CentreSource also created a custom donation system, volunteer sign-up, and a full registration wizard according to ERFA's needs. This site has been critical to not only getting the word out about ERFA through news updates and team-based blogging, but in assisting those volunteering with a one-stop-shop for resources like letterhead and fact sheets that are needed to make the event successful.

It is our hope that our work with Ellie's Run for Africa might help to raise awareness of this amazing cause, and encourage further attendance and donations to come. Please take the time to visit the site, learn about Ellie's amazing story, and hopefully register to attend the event on June 23rd!