Help Me Help Semper Fi Community Task Force
On November 14th, I will be participating in the 21st Annual Huntsville Half-Marathon and Heroes Run 5K. Naturally, I’m only doing the 5k so that it doesn’t take me three days to finish. As you know, due to my injury it really hurts me to run. However, to help raise money for our Wounded Warriors, I’m entering the race this year as a walker/light jogger. For more information on this particular run, click HERE.
Again this year the HTC is proud to partner with the Semper Fi Community Task Force to host the Heroes Run 5K. Come out and support Veterans recovering from combat injuries sustained in Iraq and Afghanistan by participating in the HTC’s Half-Marathon and Heroes’ 5K Run. The HTC and SFCTF, a local non-profit charity, have teamed up to show Alabama’s support for wounded veterans of all the Armed Services. Severely wounded military personnel will run with the citizens of our City, Madison County, and the entire Tennessee Valley region. Join us as we proudly recognize and support these brave young Americans to whom we owe so much, by running at their side in the Heroes’ 5K. And please visit the SFCTF website.
To help the SFCTF raise money, I’m soliciting donations on behalf of the You Served Radio Show. All the money raised will be presented to the SFCTF at the end of the race in the form of a check or money order. During the race, I will have my official You Served Flip Video camera to document the effort, which will be posted here.
If you’d like to make a pledge to support this endeavor, please send me an email (cj[at]soldiersperspective.us). The race takes place on 14 November, so please make all donations NLT than 9 November so that I have time to get the check cut and ready for the day of the race.
My goal is to raise at least $500 ($100 per km) walked. Obviously, if I go above that I’ll be happy. I’m also going to train to complete the walk in about 30 minutes (didn’t want to disappoint myself), which is a fast-paced walk!! Will you help me in helping the Semper Fi Community Task Force?
The Paypal address for all pledges is funds@youserved.com. Checks or money orders can be mailed, payable to “VA Mortgage Center.com” to:
VA Mortgage Center.com
ATTN: Josh Dippold
2011 Chapel Plaza Ct
Ste 109
Columbia, Mo 65203
They will add all the money together and send me one combined check as well as one of those cool 6-foot checks for cheesy pictures.
Miss Ladybug
September 1st, 2009 at 9:01 pmI won’t use PayPal. Can I just send a check? I think I’ve got your addy….
5k in 25 minutes is a pretty good clip, there, CJ. I walk on a treadmill daily for my exercise, so I can gauge how fast I’d have to walk to do that. That’s almost double what I do. Maybe I should try speeding things up a bit
CJ
September 1st, 2009 at 9:09 pmYeah, it’s a little more than an 8-minute mile, which I don’t plan to come anywhere near now that I think about it. Better adjust that!