Last night was the last "Great Strides" walk for Cammie's Florida teams. It was hosted by the Crown Point Hotel on the Riverwalk in downtown Jacksonville. This walk is unlike the others, as this one is only about one and a half miles long. We started off the evening with registration and some great music by Ace Winn (check him out at acewinn.com). The event was MC'd by Amadeus from 99.9 Gator Country and of course Angela from the CFF. The walk route was a great one! We walked along the Jacksonville river front and over one of the downtown bridges, the Main Street bridge, or the blue bridge as Cammie calls it. Once over the bridge we turned around and headed back to the starting point at the hotel
When we return to the pool deck, the music of Ace Winn continued to play and the Crown Point provided food and drinks for all of the participants. While eating, I gave a brief speech on where the CFF is in the latest research and how they are being affected by the current economic times.
Following my speech, it was raffle time! And for some reason, we had the luck tonight! We won two different movie nights and a gift certificate for the New Balance store. Unfortunately we didn't win the Nintendo Wii they were raffling off. The evening concluded with some more music and relaxing by the river.
All in all this was a great event. Special thanks to the girls at the North Florida CFF and to Amadeus and Ace Winn! I will get back to you on the total money raised for our teams when all the money finishes rolling in!
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Hey there, I seen your family at the River walk great strides but you guys were busy. We were team walking for Nick. Our team wasnt verry big at Riverwalk this year most of the team did Hannah.. Anyways I have A blog too you will have to check it out. My husband Nick has CF and I know we have had to met before... Check it out and we should keep in touch and do some fundraisers this upcoming year together...
ReplyDeleteYeah I remember you guys! It was pretty crazy wasn't it. We didn't have a very big team either this time. Our team from last year (Hanna Park) pretty much split into four others. My sister had a team in Cammie's name up in Maryland. I had another team in St. Augustine with my work, and we had one in Virgina. Fewwww. We stay pretty active with the CFF so I'm always in for some fundraisers. Maybe we will see you at the next one soon!
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