CHILDREN S’MILES

November 2002

 

 COUNTDOWN 8 !! Â

 

Just 8 weeks until we all meet for a fabulous weekend at Disney!  Remember all we've got planned to make this a great, lifetime-memorable event for you and your family & friends.   We have the 1st registration booth, just outside the Expo, with a Hospitality Suite just steps away.  And all this is in the Disney’s Coronado Springs  Resort where TEAM NACoA will be staying. 

We'll celebrate our feat, along with NACoA's 20th Anniversary, with a bang!  Our own rally & dinner Saturday night, a private Pre-Dawn Breakfast before heading to the marathon start line and   a celebration reception & dinner Sunday afternoon to honor us – TEAM NACoA’s medalists! 

 

!  MAKE AIR RESERVATIONS ASAP !
 
 


COACH’S CORNER

 

PERSONAL COACHING…                         

     We have a new, great resource for our runners and walkers.  Gary and Ellen Bloome of Boca Raton FL have joined the NACoA Run for the ChildrenSM volunteers as regional coaches for those folks who live down that way, but also as virtual coaches for the rest of us around the country!

     I checked out their fabulous website at  www.ontherighttrack.org and clicked on Personal Coaching, sending an email with a question about my knee problems.  The direct email address is infog@ontherighttrack.org.  Gary, who just completed the New York marathon – his 40th – responded quickly and thoroughly.  It's nice to know there are folks out there who want to help us succeed.  I encourage you to correspond if you have any questions about your training.

     And a special thanks to Susan at NACoA for sharing TIPS regularly with us. 

Peaking

     Just as the autumn leaves' colors are peaking for many of us in the Four Seasons areas of the country, you're peaking in your distance training in the next few weeks.  Then you'll taper before the event.  Keep the faith!  Keep up the great work.  In only 8 weeks you'll be crossing that finish line in

G-L-O-R-Y in your Run for the ChildrenSM!  Hats off to you, Teammates!

 

                    

       

OUR fundraising

       Remember:  there are NO RULES in FUNDRAISING!  Ask anyone, anytime, any place!

In 8 weeks you can get to a lot of donors.  And Thanksgiving is a good time to remind people that others need their support.  We're getting to the Holiday Season for many people as well.  If "giving" is part of the Holiday Tradition, a great present can be a donation to NACoA!.     

        

                

CHEERLEADER CHAT

      If any of you have walked/run events  with family and friends to cheer you, you know that the hard work on the course is for the cheerleaders!  For us walkers & runners, just wind us up and point us in the right direction… all we do is keep on truckin'.  Cheerleaders have to find their way around the course, and be all things to their walker/runner as well as inspiration to everyone who passes by.  Whew.  Hats off to our Cheerleaders!

       Right now we're thinking about how to get the best from, and do the best for, our Cheerleading Team.  We've got some good ideas crystallizing, and we'll share them soon.

Lynne Aldrich has volunteered to work with the NACoA office to make sure we're on track with the Cheerleaders.  If you have any thoughts, be sure to send them our way.

 

Keep S-Milin’ !!

Christina

313.886.6910

christina@odysseyprojects.org