Most people that know me, know that the main fundraiser that I’m attached (I take care of all on-line registrations, the website, the flyer, book others to attend — i.e. Fredbird, Louie Blue, etc.) to is the 5K Walk/Run for the Heroes that takes place every year.
This year’s 5K will take place on Saturday, October 12, 2013 at Jefferson Barracks County Park. Registration will begin at 9am and the event will begin at 10am.
The best thing to do is register on-line at our website (click here), by September 11th, 2013, so that you get a free commemorative t-shirt with your registration fee. We have a brand new design, each year, that Matt Wiegand designs. They always look fantastic & I’m excited to see with what he comes up with for this year.
Registrations started on June 10th and we’ve already had 11 teams sign up with even more signing up each & every day. Last year we had just over 1000 participants and I’m anticipating even more this year; we generally have a mad rush right at the end (it never fails lol)
We have started a new registration process this year that will no doubt help ease things up on me a bit. I used to manually invoice each participant, but this year we are using a program that takes care of all of that for me. All I need to do is keep a backup manual copy of each team, t-shirt size and list the new registrants on the website. While it may sound like a lot of work, I cannot stress just how less complicated it is this year. I am such a fan! It offers me a little more time to spread the word via various resources and that’s imperative to our success considering that we don’t use any of the money raised to advertise.
I encourage you to check out the Team section of the website so that you can learn about those brave men and women who thought we were all worthy of fighting for and will be walking/running in honor of.
Not only does it put things into perspective, but it will also help familiarize you with those faces as you walk (or run) the route of the 5K where we will have signs of the fallen placed along the path.
It is one of the most surreal and patriotic journey’s that most will ever embark on. While you might think that the mood would be a little sad, it’s actually full of patriotism, pride and honor. The leaves are changing colors, the air is warm and you may even be fortunate enough to spot a deer. There’s a sense of community that takes place between people who have never met before, those who have met each through the loss of their loved one and those that simply want to be there and show these families how much they care. It brings forth the reality that our fallen heroes were very amazing individuals who loved their country, their fellow Americans and joined a branch of the United States military to show the depth of that love. It gives us the opportunity to say, “Thank you” just by being there and walking/running in their honor.
With that said, I hope you’ll join us or at least share this with your friends to help us spread the word. Thank you in advance 🙂
