The Critz Tybee Run Fest, one of the major running events in the Southeast, announced donations to a variety of area nonprofits during its annual” Giving Back” event, which took place on September 24^th, 2014 during a lunch ceremony at the new CRITZ Mercedes Benz showroom in Savanah, GA. Each year, those funds are used to provide scholarship grants to Tybee Island, Low Country and Savannah community organizations that encourage and support health and education goals.

“Since we started seven years ago, we have given over $300,000.00 back to the community. A huge thank you goes to everybody who makes funding possible through sponsorship support, advertising placement and race registration in this one-of-a-kind event.” said Dale Critz Jr., founder and main sponsor of the Critz Tybee Run Fest. Nearly 100 guests including sponsors, supporters and runners celebrated another successful year with the grant recipients.

Recipients include:

• Armstrong  State University
• The Froebel Circle's Fresh Air Home at Tybee
• Girls on the Run
• Horizons Savannah
• The Humane Society for Greater Savannah Youth Education Program
• Lady Bamford Early Learning Center
• 100 Black Men of Savannah's College Mentoring Program and Youth Academy
• Performance Initiatives Fitness
• Savannah College of Art and Design
• Savannah State University
• Tybee Island YMCA
• The Tybee Maritime Academy
• Tybee Post Theatre