What an amazing week for Unite For The Cure. We had two Uniters, the Marshall Family of California and the Schmid Family of Pennsylvania, blow well past their $5,000 individual goal to help propel collective Unite For The Cure donations over the $30,000 mark and nearly to the $40,000 mark — in one week!
The Marshall’s have raised over $8,500 through their “Micah’s March 2009″ event and the Schmid’s have raised over $8,000 from their “Spinning” and “Zane’s Run” events. Congratulations Marshall and Schmid Families for an amazing accomplishment and keep up the inspiring, motivating work Uniters!
Congratulations to the Marshall Family of California for organizing such an inspiring, successful event — Micah’s March 2009.
Here’s how Chelsea, Micah’s Mom, describes the event on their blog:
Wow what an amazing night. First I wanted to thank Nikki (my sister-in-law) and Cristin (an amazing friend) for the hard work and the time they spent getting everything organized for this fundraiser. I love you guys and I don’t even have words for how much this means to me. I can’t believe it. Nikki and Cristin have been wanting to get together and do something for the research that going on for SMA for some time now and thanks so much to Bill and Victoria, the Unite for the Cure challenge presented the prefect opportunity to do this. In less than 2 months they decided what they wanted to do and when , got sponsors, walkers, the event, place, food, music and shirts made!!! I had nothing to do with this except it was in honor of my sweet son, Micah.
The turnout was amazing, I still cant believe it. We had over 100 walkers and we raised over $10,000!!!!!! Yeah! I got to see so many people I haven’t seen in a while and got to meet some new wonderful people. Bill and Victoria were there with the beautiful Miss Gwendolyn and I got to meet grandma and auntie. I had so much fun! I had no idea so many people loved my son and were willing to support us as we try to cure this awful monster.
Way to go Marshall Family! We are so proud of you guys!
Click here to read more about this event and see more pictures on their blog.
Check out what the Marshall family from California is up to for Unite For The Cure: Micah’s March 2009! And this isn’t any ordinary event. There will be a walk, BBQ, and a concert — all to raise funding for Dr. Keirstead’s promising SMA stem cell program at UC Irvine. What a fantastic and fun idea!
Here are the details:
What —> Micah’s March 2009: a 3.5 mile sponsored benefit walk, a BBQ, and a concert. Walkers will be sponsored and a $5 minimum donation will be requested for the BBQ and concert after the walk
When —> September 20, 2009; the walk starts at 5:00pm and the BBQ and concert starts at 6:30pm
Where —> Ojai Valley Baptist Church, 11642 N. Ventura Avenue, Ojai, California 93023 (click here for directions)
For more details or to get involved, please visit MicahsMarch.blogspot.com.
Good luck Marshall family!
