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College students build cross-country path for private school
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Maranatha Christian Academy students make their way Friday afternoon through a new trail on the school’s campus after a University of North Georgia recreation and leisure class built the trail and donated materials as a community service project to the private Oakwood school. The newly completed trail will also be used by the school’s newly formed cross country team as well as for a nature trail for walking.
A new cross-country trail is not only a place to be active, but is a lesson in generosity for a handful of area college students. “We really needed a cross-country trail because ... it’s a new athletic event for us,” said Maranatha Christian Academy Principal Delma Simmons. “We didn’t have a trail and students were having to run out next to the road.