BOSTON, MA - APRIL 21: Items are placed by people visiting a makeshift memorial for victims near the site of the Boston Marathon bombings at the intersection of Boylston Street and Berkley Street two days after the second suspect was captured on April 21, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. A manhunt for Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing ended after he was apprehended on a boat parked on a residential property in Watertown, Massachusetts. His brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, the other suspect, was shot and killed after a car chase and shootout with police. The bombing, on April 15 at the finish line of the marathon, killed three people and wounded at least 170. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)(Photo: Kevork Djansezian Getty Images)



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JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - A coast-to-coast relay aimed at raising money for Boston Marathon bombing victims is headed to southwest Missouri.


The One Run for Boston, which kicked off March 16, is a nonstop running relay spanning more than 3,000 miles from Los Angeles to Boston. It's divided into 336 stages across 14 states. The goal is to raise $1 million goal to benefit victims of last year's Boston Marathon bombing. Almost $300,000 has been collected so far.


The Joplin Globe reports the relay hits southwest Missouri on Monday. Joplin runner Shaun Steele will run 25 miles. He's raised more than $3,100 and hopes to hit $4,000.


Steele says there was an outpouring of support from all over the world after the 2011 Joplin tornado, and he wants to pay that forward.


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Information from: The Joplin (Mo.) Globe, http://ift.tt/L2RYj6


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