Crown Heights runner directs $20,000 youth grant

Career preparation for 40 students and paid internships for 15 are planned.

Runner Miraj Mehta of Crown Heights is directing a $20,000 Citizens grant to Brooklyn nonprofit Beginning with Children, Brooklyn Paper reports.

The money will support 40 students with career preparation and provide paid internships to 15. Mehta is preparing to run the November 1 New York City Marathon with Team Citizens.

He has also been organizing informal community runs. At a recent Brower Park gathering, participants could donate $1 to a charity of their choice for each lap, according to the paper.