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Ever seen a nun run 50 miles in her full habit? This Spring, Sister Mary Beth Lloyd, 61, teamed up with ultra-runner Lisa Smith Batchen to run 50 miles in 50 states. The Cause? To help children orphaned by AIDS. "Every 14 seconds a new child-headed household is formed," Lloyd explains. Since 1995, the sister has directed a worldwide mission that educations and offers skills training to women, at-risk girls, and orphans in Albania, Brazil, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and India. "She empowered these children to care for themselves and their siblings with tremendous results," says Mayor Pasquale Menna of Red Bank, NJ. In one case, Lloyd gave 6 eggs to one young boy who now runs a farm with 500 chickens and provides education for his siblings. "She's an ordinary woman doing extraordinary things," Menna concludes.