Last year, a young man by the name of Nicholas Veghts passed away from his battle with Leukemia. A good friend of mine (Kevin Sandstrom who was also there at the event), and the manager at Blick Art Materials in Wheaton contacted me to see if we would be able to come out to the memorial walk this year as Nicholas was a huge Star Wars fan. The wheels were quickly set in motion!
The morning started off briskly as we gathered in the parking lot at 7:15am and got suited up in the kitchen of the park after having met with one of the organizers. We were met with "ooo's" and "ahhhs" by excited kids and excited parents when we exited our the changing room. Lots of kids and families were happy to see us, get some great photos with Darth Maul, Chewbacca, Stormtroopers, a Tusken Raider, and Darth Vader. Maul and Chewiee stole the show, that's for sure! Kids were clamoring for a Chewiee trading card and sought out other cards from the rest of the crew.
It was finally time for the race to start, and they handed Vader the starter's pistol. A beautiful National anthem was sung by a young girl, the racers were instructed to take their mark, and the race began. 18 minutes later, it was over for one runner. Ah well, it was a nice 18 minute break for us. lol
We greeted runners as they came running/plodding in; in between waves of runners returning and after a few more last-minute photos, we suited down around 9:30 and some left for the next event that day at Cantigny. Thank you all for coming and making this a truly fantastic start to the day!
Members in attendance:
Dave Klima: TK 12155
Luis Boileve: TK 604
Javier Esqueda: TK 265
Arturo Delgado: TK 412
Kevin Glass: TK 2834
Jody McQuarters: DZ 6443
Ted Ruler: SL 36285
James Tampa: SL 1020
Patrick Klehr: Chewbacca
Hey, the camera's not working . . . try it with the flash:
Photos by Tracy Boileve.
IL – JOLIET "I'm Possible 5k Memorial Run/Walk"
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Nice turnout of troops for this event.
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ToD updated. Looks like a fun time and great cause!
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I would have loved to be there...as soon as someone figures out cloning...I'll be all set..
This was another great event for a worthy cause.
Anyway....you were invited to this event so any funds raised qualify as indirect funds...
so...
IF there was fundraising involved and if you can get an approximate $$... I will add to the Charity Blog and report...
This was another great event for a worthy cause.
Anyway....you were invited to this event so any funds raised qualify as indirect funds...
so...
IF there was fundraising involved and if you can get an approximate $$... I will add to the Charity Blog and report...
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At long last!!! I've been asking about this since the event:Schph Gochi wrote:I would have loved to be there...as soon as someone figures out cloning...I'll be all set..
This was another great event for a worthy cause.
Anyway....you were invited to this event so any funds raised qualify as indirect funds...
so...
IF there was fundraising involved and if you can get an approximate $$... I will add to the Charity Blog and report...
Sorry for the Delay - We raised about $10,000 for Team Nicholas at this event.
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Awesome!!
I went on line to see if I could get more information on "I'm Possible" as an organization and got some really mixed results in my Google Search...
so..
I am trying to figure out how to post the charity information...
I know that you guys were part of "Team Nicholas"....
is
"I'm Possible" the name of the main charity?
I went on line to see if I could get more information on "I'm Possible" as an organization and got some really mixed results in my Google Search...
so..
I am trying to figure out how to post the charity information...
I know that you guys were part of "Team Nicholas"....
is
"I'm Possible" the name of the main charity?
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Re: IL – JOLIET "I'm Possible 5k Memorial Run/Walk"
gotcha...
"Team Nicholas IS the charity's name"...
"I'm Possible" was just the name of the event.
Adding to charity totals and sending to charity blog...
"Team Nicholas IS the charity's name"...
"I'm Possible" was just the name of the event.
Adding to charity totals and sending to charity blog...