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September 30th, 2009 --
On September 26th, around 3,000 people gathered at 31 sites across the
country for the largest Chiari event ever held, the Conquer Chiari Walk
Across America 2009.
In some places it rained. In some places the weather was beautiful.
But everywhere people had a good time. I had the pleasure of attending
the walk in Leesburg, VA, and it was amazing. Many locations had more than
100 people attend, and in Lake County, Indiana almost 400 people showed up
for the event. The Lake County site, led by Cyndi Vanek, also raised
the most money (although it was close), pulling in more than $25,000.
Way to go Cyndi!
In total, I am proud to announce that we raised over $250,000 for research!!
I know that at each site there were many volunteers whose names I don't
know, but I do want to say thank you.
Thank you also to all of our corporate sponsors.
And a special thanks to Melissa Neff for all her hard work.
And of course, I would like to recognize the site organizers for everything
they did. It's a huge job, with many challenges, and they
delivered big time.
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Arizona, Phoenix |
Sheryl Shipp, Marc Davis |
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Colorado, Englewood |
Daryl Kinton |
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Connecticut, Westbrook |
RoseAnn Prevost |
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Florida, Lithia |
Vonda Maxwell |
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Florida, Pembroke Pines |
JoAnne Hobbs |
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Illinois, Palatine |
Erin McGrath |
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Indiana, Evansville |
Angie Secrest |
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Indiana, Indianapolis |
Monica Griest, TJ Bunker |
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Indiana, Lake County |
Cyndi Vanek |
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Kentucky, Louisville |
Chris Miller |
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Maine, Portland |
Erin Ruiz |
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Massachusetts, Somerville |
Susan Haley |
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Michigan, Shelby Twp. |
Shannon Schroeder |
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Michigan, Vicksburg |
Lisa Friend |
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Missouri, St Peters |
Cindy Aslin |
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Nebraska, Sutton |
Jody Friesen |
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New Jersey, Long Branch |
Brian Murphy |
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New York, Albany |
Jodie Churchill |
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New York, Long Island |
Penny Tierney |
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New York, Syracuse |
Rosemary Forian |
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North Carolina, Rockingham County |
Cameron Gardner |
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Ohio, Flushing |
Kara Koscoe |
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Ohio, Urbana |
Carrie Marrenberg |
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Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh |
Rachel Sell |
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Texas, Austin |
Pamela Smith |
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Texas, Plano |
Aimee Zemanek |
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Texas, San Antonio |
Trinette Drake |
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Virginia, Leesburg |
Teresa Wheeler, Kelly Sinnen, Patti Sinnen |
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West Virginia, Hedgesville |
Angie Bowers |
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Wisconsin, Janesville |
Heather Schwartz |
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Wyoming, Cody |
Shelley Holmes |
If you know any of these people, or meet them in the future, please say
thanks.
Finally, as soon as we wrap up processing the donations from this year, we
will of course start planning for the CCWAA '10. And it will be HUGE.
-- Rick Labuda
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