Check out these exciting events coming up to benefit JDRF!
Egg Shell Shuffle - Saturday, April 23, 2011
Friends of Samantha's Steppers Walk team will be hosting a Half Marathon, 5k Run/Walk, and an egg hunt at Busse Woods Forest Preserve.
6:45-8:00am: Race Day Registration ($55 1/2 marathon, $35 5k, $5 egg hunt) and packet pick-up.
8:30am: 1/2 marathon start
8:45am: 5k run/walk start
11:30/11:45am: Awards (approximate time)
12:00 EGG HUNT BEGINS!
**reduced registration rates if you register before April 23rd**
To register today and learn more about the Egg Shell Shuffle please visit: www.eggshellshuffle.com.
6:45-8:00am: Race Day Registration ($55 1/2 marathon, $35 5k, $5 egg hunt) and packet pick-up.
8:30am: 1/2 marathon start
8:45am: 5k run/walk start
11:30/11:45am: Awards (approximate time)
12:00 EGG HUNT BEGINS!
**reduced registration rates if you register before April 23rd**
To register today and learn more about the Egg Shell Shuffle please visit: www.eggshellshuffle.com.
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Freedom from Insulin 2011! - Friday, May 6th
Join the Kouba Family Team at Real Time Sports Bar in St. Charles, IL on May 6th. Enjoy live music, 50/50 raffle and much more from 6 p.m. - 1 a.m.!
For more information, please contact Gary at: TurbomanG@aol.com.
Join the Kouba Family Team at Real Time Sports Bar in St. Charles, IL on May 6th. Enjoy live music, 50/50 raffle and much more from 6 p.m. - 1 a.m.!
For more information, please contact Gary at: TurbomanG@aol.com.
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Team Nick J, led by 13-year old Summer Evans, is up and running for the 2011 Walk! Summer created Team Nick J at the Southwest Walk in honor of Nick Jonas. In 2008, at the age of 8, she raised $100. She grew her total to over $1,200 in 2010 and her goal for 2011 is $5,000! Summer runs a variety of creative fundraisers from selling JDRF bears, to conducting tag days at the local Jewel or Walmart,(she already raised $130 in one day so far this year), to offering discounted Great America Tickets with a portion of the proceeds going to JDRF. Summer always comes up with unique ways to fundraise.
You can support team Nick J., by purchasing great America Tickets which will be good for May7th and May14th. The price of the ticket is $25.00 and $6.00 will go to JDRF. To order tickets, please e-mail Summer at jdrfdonations@comcast.net or call 815-603-1169.
Summer will also be hosting a “Wendy’s Night Out” on May 24th from 5pm to 8pm at the Wendy’s located at
To keep up with all the Team Nick J fundraisers, please visit: http://teamnickj.yolasite.com/.
Good luck Team Nick J and thank you for all your fundraising efforts!
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Special thanks to the below teams for recently hosting an event or kicking-off their 2011 JDRF fundraising efforts:
In March, corporate team Pella Windows and Doors Replacement Division, held a March Madness bracket challenge. Participating employees donated $5 to JDRF to submit a bracket to enter the challenge. The winner won a gift card and all donations collected went to JDRF. To make things easy, they used an online pool administrator to do the leg work of calculating brackets and winners. What a fun way to raise funds!
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Hyatt Hotels Corporation just had their 2011 Walk planning meeting and set their team goal for an ambitious but attainable $50,000! Last year Hyatt raised over $47,000 which surpassed their $40,000 team goal. They hope to get more people involved this year by having at least one team captain per department. Way to go Hyatt!
Do you have an event coming up to benefit your Walk team? Please let us know about it! Send your event details to your local Walk Manager.
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