Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Heroes for Children 5K Results

Heroes for Children 5K was held Saturday, September 12, 2009 at Shops at Legacy. The rain stayed away for the most part, and we had over 1,000 participants! We netted over $40,000 for families with children battling cancer.

Thank you to everyone who came out to participate! Thank you to Tawn Merrill and Amanda Blankenship, our co-chairs, and to our incredible committee for their hard work in putting together a super fun event! Thank you to our wonderful sponsors, especially our presenting sponsor - WFAA, Gold Sponsors - TXU Energy and Boardwalk Autogroup, and Silver Sponsors - Baylor Medical Center at Frisco and Buford Builders! Thank you to everyone who volunteered! We couldn't have done it without all of you!


For 5K race results, click here. For pictures from the race, click here.

Congratulations to all of the following:
Julie Wall from Dallas - 1st place female
Evan Parsons from Dallas - 1st place male
Top Individual Fundraiser - Tracey Robinson, who raised $1,585.
Top Fundraising Team - Fighting Spirit, who raised $5,680
Largest Team - Pro Spirit, with 77 participants
Outstanding Team Captain - Ashley McClain of Fighting Spirit
Best Team Spirit - Team in Training

Remember it is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month ALL MONTH! We've got four more events this week to bring more awareness! If you are in Houston, hopefully we'll see you at the Hold'Em for Heroes event Thursday night, the HFC Friends Women's Auxiliary Coffee on Friday morning, the Celebra una Noche Hispana event Friday evening, or at one of the many HFC Kick-a-thons happening across the state on Saturday! For more information about any of these activities, please contact Michelle Peacock at mpeacock@heroesforchildren.org.

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