{"348771":{"#nid":"348771","#data":{"type":"news","title":"\u0027Run For the Kids\u0027 Gets Game Ball to Athens","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhile \u201cclean old-fashioned hate\u201d is the theme of the Georgia Tech vs. University of Georgia football rivalry, students from both universities will lay aside their differences Friday for charity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMembers of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity chapters at both Tech and Georgia partner each year for a relay race between the two campuses that raises money for Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta. The race is key to Saturday\u2019s game, as they\u2019ll be carrying the game football along the way.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe relay begins at Tech\u2019s Phi Gamma Delta house on Fowler Street on Friday at 8 a.m. About 30 Tech brothers will participate and run the ball to Loganville Middle School, where the Georgia brothers will pick up the ball to get it to Athens. A police escort will accompany the runners along the way. The ball is scheduled to arrive in Athens around 7 p.m., in plenty of time for the noon kickoff on Saturday.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s awesome to be able to overlook the rivalry for a day in hopes that every child who steps through the doors of Children\u2019s has the chance to hear the magical words, \u2018all better,\u2019\u201d said Caleb Appleton, a biomedical engineering major and FIJI member.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESo far the Tech group has raised $5,000 in donations. The event, which has been held annually since 1998, usually raises around $30,000 between the two schools. Donations are \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/events.dancemarathon.com\/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event\u0026amp;eventID=652\u0022\u003Eaccepted online\u003C\/a\u003E. 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