Well, the races are over and it's finally time for us to put up our feet for a while (sort of). Believe it or not we are already working on some things for the 2009 events. Registration opens in 50 days so I have to get working on that....guess my rest is over!
Before we move into 2009 I thought I would take just a minute to thank everyone who participated, volunteered, spectated or fundraised at Vineman this past summer. This was one of the best years that I can remember....and I have been here for 13 years. From registration to the actual race to the awards ceremony and post race clean up, everything felt seamless this year. One of our biggest success this year was the fundraising done by you, the athletes. Total money raised this year between Barb's Race entry fees and athlete fundraising was just over $55,000.
Along with Barb Recchia, namesake of Barb's Race and Russ Pugh, owner and founder of Vineman,(pictured above with Mike Cohill, CEO at Sutter Hospital, Santa Rosa) I had the opportunity to present a $40,000 check for Sutter North Bay Women's Health Services. They are the largest receipient of the funds raised by Vineman Cancer Charities. In addition, this year we also donated money to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Santa Rosa Memorial Health Library, Women's Cancer Awareness Group and Commonweal.
Without the support of all of the women that participated in Barb's Race and all of you that fundraised or made a donation when you registered for one of our events it would not have been possible to meet and exceed out fundraising goal for 2008.
With many thanks on behalf of the staff at Vineman,
Amy
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