Vol 41 Issue 10 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ALPHA PHI OMEGA GREATER LOS ANGELES ALUMNI ASSOCIATION November 2021
A group picture of volunteers from APOGLA at the Mile 13 Water Station of the 36th LA Marathon held last Sunday, November 7, 2021 located at the corner of Sunset Blvd. and Laurel Ave. in Hollywood, California
An APOkids Vie w: iew: THE LA MARA THON SER VICE EXPERIENCE MARATHON SERVICE BY RENEE & KENZIE ARALAR
The LA Marathon was inspired by the original 1984 Olympic Games marathon hosted in LA. Since 1986, the LA Marathon has been held for about 36 times. Originally, the marathon was held during the month of March, yet was moved to November 7 in 2021. Obviously, due to the pandemic, it was postponed due to everyone’s lives being impacted during this time. Therefore, this year’s marathon is important and highly essential. This year’s marathon was quite different. The course was changed to end at Avenue of the Stars and there were less volunteers. However, APOGLAA stepped up and gave up their time. They weren’t the only ones. Many runners still showed up. All were friendly and supportive of one another. The mutual friendship was shown between all of us, whether through small supportive nods to words of gratitude and support towards one another. Obviously, the past two years have been hard on all of us. This event gave people hope. It allowed people for the first time in months to be a part of something big in their LA community. It allowed others a chance to push themselves and climb that hill. To me, it was a time to aid and assist others. We were handing out water at the halfway mark. The runners had finished 13 miles and had 13 more to go. They were visibly exhausted, yet they had us to give them water. Many words of appreciation and thanks were given, and that was what I looked Continued on page 3