Arete Scholarship Program
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John Starrett, fondly known as Stazza, is expanding his stable of trainees with the introduction of a sustainable scholarship program. Based in Iten, Kenya, the program aims to help young Kenyan athletes fulfill their athletic and personal potential. Stazza works on the ground in Iten, nurturing and managing the program as a whole while also hand-selecting athletes based on talent, potential, attitude, and personal circumstances.
When recruits join the Arete Scholarship program, they are billeted in comfortable accommodation at the Stazza’s Stable Training Camp in Iten, where they receive a weekly allowance to cover basic needs and essentials, and a longterm training strategy is established to develop each runner.
Through the Arete Scholarship Program, Stazza will monitor each scholarship athlete's progress and enable them to reap the rewards of their hard work through racing in Europe and the USA. All race-related fees and travel expenses will come at no cost to the scholarship athletes. While they will be asked to donate 10% of their winnings back into the Areté Scholarship fund to help the next generation of runners, athletes will be free to keep the remainder of their winnings to reinvest in themselves, their families, and their local community.
Why arete?
Arete signifies potential realized and function fulfilled; a notion of excellence and courage bound up with the act of living up to one's full potential. The Arete Scholarship Program exists to help disadvantaged Kenyan youth with promising, untapped athletic abilities reach their highest potential.
YOU can make a significant impact in the lives of young Kenyan athletes.
What your money can buy:
- A gift of $5 - provides transport to training areas (e.g., Tambach track)
- A gift of $10 - feeds an athlete for a week.
- A gift of $20 - buys an athlete new running shoes/kit.
- A gift of $30 - provides an athlete with 1 month of housing.
- A gift of $300 - buys an athlete a GPS running watch and smart phone, both bluetooth equipped & necessary for remote coaching)
- A gift of $1000 - covers some travel costs for international races.
Click here to learn more about our current athlete scholarship recruits.
*NOTE: We aren't yet a registered non-profit.
You should check to see if your donation is tax deductible.
When recruits join the Arete Scholarship program, they are billeted in comfortable accommodation at the Stazza’s Stable Training Camp in Iten, where they receive a weekly allowance to cover basic needs and essentials, and a longterm training strategy is established to develop each runner.
Through the Arete Scholarship Program, Stazza will monitor each scholarship athlete's progress and enable them to reap the rewards of their hard work through racing in Europe and the USA. All race-related fees and travel expenses will come at no cost to the scholarship athletes. While they will be asked to donate 10% of their winnings back into the Areté Scholarship fund to help the next generation of runners, athletes will be free to keep the remainder of their winnings to reinvest in themselves, their families, and their local community.
Why arete?
Arete signifies potential realized and function fulfilled; a notion of excellence and courage bound up with the act of living up to one's full potential. The Arete Scholarship Program exists to help disadvantaged Kenyan youth with promising, untapped athletic abilities reach their highest potential.
YOU can make a significant impact in the lives of young Kenyan athletes.
What your money can buy:
- A gift of $5 - provides transport to training areas (e.g., Tambach track)
- A gift of $10 - feeds an athlete for a week.
- A gift of $20 - buys an athlete new running shoes/kit.
- A gift of $30 - provides an athlete with 1 month of housing.
- A gift of $300 - buys an athlete a GPS running watch and smart phone, both bluetooth equipped & necessary for remote coaching)
- A gift of $1000 - covers some travel costs for international races.
Click here to learn more about our current athlete scholarship recruits.
*NOTE: We aren't yet a registered non-profit.
You should check to see if your donation is tax deductible.
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