ENDICOTT, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) - An Olympian with Southern Tier ties held her first event with a local partner and spoke to kids whose shoes she was in not too long ago.
Emily Mackay is an Olympic runner and both a Binghamton University and Union Endicott High School graduate. She says that growing up, she attended the Boys and Girls Club in Endicott after school, which has since become the Southern Tier Community Center and the site of her first formal event for her partnership with Visions Federal Credit Union.
Mackay says she started training for the upcoming season this week and was happy to come home and speak to students sitting in the seats she once did.
"My partnership with Visions has allowed me to connect with the community in even more ways than before. I'm very thankful to be ab