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Organized by Sarah Witt
The Magnificent Mile Race and TeamWalk were held for the
second year, with a few minor improvements. First, it was
warm. Second, the course was flat. And third, it was the
state championship race for the mile. In other words, it was
fast.
The winner of the men’s race man finished in 4 minutes and 12
seconds; the winning woman ran it in 5 minutes flat. But the
real story was Cece Russell. Cece lives in South Carolina
and has HSP. Last year, she walked the mile in 16 minutes.
This year, she did it in 15 minutes and 30 seconds...on
forearm crutches!!
Loads of people were there to witness Cece’s feat. Between
runners, walkers, rollers, and spectators, we had nearly
1,000 people out supporting us. The finishing touch was
having both Annette Lockwood and my doctor, Richard Bedlack
of the Duke ALS Clinic, speak to the crowd about how we can
vanquish motor neuron disease. A few checks are still
straggling in, but looks like the grand total from North
Carolina will be upwards of $36,000.
Organized by Sue Meholick with help from Helen
Kienlen, Helen Smith and Marcia Friedman
The PA TeamWalk was held at Knoebel's Amusement Resort. The
weather was perfect and we had a get to know you dinner the
night before at a local restaurant with 13 attendees. We
enjoyed good food and lots of laughs!
The next day started out with everyone coming to the pavilion
to register and getting a chance to meet some others that
they had never met before. There were a few who had never
met anyone else with the disease that attended so that was
great to see. We had a catered lunch at the pavilion and
everyone ate well.
We started the walk with around 75 people or more and had a
designated route to follow. I rode the Big Ferris
wheel--three times--once by myself!! It was awesome!
We raised over $13,000.
I want to thank all who participated, all those who donated
and my family and friends. I am hoping to make this an
annual event at Knoebels and make it bigger and better next
year. It was a fun walk in the park!
Click the thumbnails to see more TeamWalk photos:
Organized by Mark Dvorak
 We had a blast at the
Oklahoma TeamWalk. The weather was beautiful and the wind was calm. We had a
great group of 33 people who came from as far as South Carolina to share in the
fun. Everyone raised money for research from their network at home and brought
it to the park. For that day alone, we managed to raise $4,093.55 for the
SPF----WOW!
After the TeamWalk, six of us went to the Oklahoma University Advanced
Center for Genome Technology. We were given a tour by the Specialty Coordinator,
Joshua Maxey. He took us through several labs, including the Zebra fish lab
which contained more than one million fish. Next year, I plan to set up a tour
of the National Severe Storm Laboratory, which is across the street from the
genome center.
I want to encourage everyone to participate in a TeamWalk. Every penny
does add up. You won’t regret it if you do
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