We've received another sharp reminder of why we need to keep raising funds and training. Our 2013 Boy of the Year, Tyler, passed away yesterday after six years of fighting leukemia. He had just marked his 13th birthday. A week earlier, our Columbia teammate, Shay, reported that her step-mother, Sangrid, lost her mom to leukemia. Shay and Sangrid will be running and walking with us on April 7. We mourn their losses and re-double our efforts to help find cures for cancers.
If you’re looking for ways to fight cancer besides raising funds and training, LLS can use your help advocating for our causes. Do you know state or federal legislators or people who work for them? Can you help make connections? The attached Take Action document describes a variety of ways to help. When you don the purple jersey to race, you are showing your support for LLS. We have plenty of other ways, too.
Fundraising Update: At least 17 of you have met or exceeded your fundraising commitment for this spring’s races and between the two teams we’ve passed $45,000. The top fundraisers to date are:
Janet J.
Andrea L.
Laurie L.
Miranda M.
Loriann & David R.
Even if you have reached your commitment, our fight against cancer is too critical for us to stop. With nearly a month to go before the race, now is a good time to contact those friends, relatives, and others you haven’t heard from yet to give them another opportunity to support your GREAT effort to bring about cures.
Pasta Loading: TNT’s traditional Inspiration Dinner and pasta loading will be held the evening before the marathon and half marathon, April 6. It will be at the Pasta House at 8213 Delmar Blvd. in University City. Starting time is 6 pm so we’ll be done early so you can get to sleep (or toss & turn) before the race. Your meal is included as a benefit of your fundraising. Family and friends are welcome at a cost of $18 each. Please return the attached form in the coming week so we can make the proper number of reservations.
I might check to see whether Pasta House can serve the nutrition bars that Coach Jen provided the recipe for in Wednesday’s email :)
Jersey logo: If you have received sponsorship support of $500 or more from a business and want to include its logo on our team jersey, please email the logo to me by Tuesday, March 12. A .jpg or .eps file works best.
Your coaches seem to have arranged for spring-like weather tomorrow morning for group training. 7:45 am at Creve Coeur Park. See you there.
GO TEAM!
-Rich
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