Athletes For Good - Ben Blankenship

Benjamin Blankenship

Athletics, United States

Endless Mileage Project

The more Benjamin Blankenship thought about his carbon footprint in relation to his travel, the more he felt the need to personally commit to acts of environmental sustainability. As such, he founded the Endless Mileage Project, an organization dedicated to fostering sustainable environments and programming that inspires the next generation of track and field athletes to break barriers. The organization has two distinct pillars: Fast Forest and Recovered Running. Fast Forest honors the accomplishments of athletes by planting a tree at a public park in Oregon every time an American miler breaks a 4:00 mile (men) and a 4:30 mile (women). The park currently consists of 755 trees. Recovered Running aims to reduce the barriers to entry into sports while simultaneously reducing the amount of sports gear that ends up in landfills. The organization works with individuals, businesses and organizations to source new and gently used clothes and equipment to redistribute to local schools in need.

The P&G 2024 Athletes For Good grant will allow the organization to plant more trees, expand Fast Forest to new cities and help deliver donations more efficiently.

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