#SUPPORTMETROPOLIS: Saturn to Super Run
Nearly one year ago I had the privilege of starting a charitable campaign named #SUPPORTMETROPOLIS. What started out with a single t-shirt design with the hopes of helping a family and business in the city of Metropolis IL soon became two, then three and finally up to six family and locally owned businesses affected by the shutdowns caused by the pandemic.
100% of all profits associated with the #SUPPORTMETROPOLIS campaigns have been donated to the following six businesses in Metropolis IL.
Super Museum
Sissy's - A Sweet Shoppe
Creations The Florist, Inc
Sixth and Vintage
Super City Antiques & Collectibles
and
The Metropolis Chamber of Commerce
Well now it is time to not only put the imaginative talents of the Nicholas Cara team to the test for this campaign, it is time to put up their...err... my... physical abilities to the test.
The 2021 Superman Celebration is returning after having to cancel during the shutdowns of 2020 but is being postponed until the end of the summer and I plan on being there even if I’ll have to run there... or virtually run there.
And that was the origin of the ‘Saturn to Super’ virtual run. There are 289 miles separating my hometown starting at the Space and Rocket Center’s Saturn V rocket and Metropolis’s famous 15 tall Superman Statue. Starting May 1st, I plan to virtually run every single mile of that distance to raise funds for these locally owned businesses before the opening of the 2021 Superman Celebration on July 31st.
I will be running from 4-6 miles a day locally (give or take weather) to accumulate the 289 miles before that deadline and updating the progress twice a week on the Nicholas Cara Facebook page to keep myself honest. (www.facebook.com/greyghostnovel)
Now since I’m going to putting my time, legs and considerably large amount of sweat into this campaign I need you, the great members of #TeamGreyGhost and the rest of the Super fans around the world, to help the cause by supporting this run on our GoFundMe page. Whether it's $5 or $100, every last cent donated to support the ‘Saturn to Super’ run will be donated directly to the local and family owned businesses of the #SUPPORTMETROPOLIS program.
Please follow along the journey through the virtual neighborhoods of Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky and Illinois as I race to the Superman Statue. And please help support this campaign which is another leg in our attempts to help out family owned businesses hurt by the terrible shutdowns of 2020.
QuarterPenny!
Nicholas Cara
