"Every Family Deserves a Legacy"®
How many times have we gotten to a point in life where we feel we can’t go any further? Often, the way we make it through those times is through the help and encouragement of a friend. In this blog, Lara Miller shares her experience about joining Team IOH for the Disney Marathon on January 8, 2012 – and the blessing of becoming friends and running with Nicole.
Lara and Nicole at mile 10, 2012 Disney Marathon
The Spears' Family at the Team IOH Pasta Dinner
Team IOH participated in the Disney Marathon Weekend last weekend in Orlando, FL. Runners participated in the marathon, half-marathon, Goofy’s challenge and the 5K. Today, Kasandra Spears will tell us of her family’s experience in participating in the Family Fiesta 5K – which took place Friday morning. The Spears’ participated in the 2010 NYC Legacy Retreat, and as you will read, wanted the opportunity to ‘give back’ to IOH. Read the rest of this entry »
Team IOH will be represented in four of the five 2012 Disney Marathon weekend events coming up this weekend! We are excited that an IOH family that attended the November 2010 NYC Legacy Retreat will be participating in the 5K!
I recently received an email that linked to an article called “50 Economic Numbers That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe”. The article was a slide show with captions covering how badly (even worse than we think) the economy is performing ranging from unemployment to debt to homelessness to foreclosures. The article made me think about the cares of this world stealing our joy…
I’ve been a member of the 2011 NYC Legacy Retreat Fans Group these past few days. This group was set up in the IOH Community on the Inheritance of Hope website to follow the ‘latest’ as the Legacy Retreat unfolded. Sixteen families from across the nation gathered in NYC to create family memories and build a community of support as they all had in common a parent diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. As I watched the Retreat unfold since this past Sunday, I have had an overwhelming sense of thanksgiving…
The Marine Corps Marathon finishes with an incline for the last .2 miles of the 26.2 mile race, ending at the Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial) in Arlington. The memorial depicts the 5 Marines and 1 U.S. Navy corpsman that raised the American flag using a pipe found in wreckage at the summit of Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945. The battle at Iwo Jima lasted 36 days with many casualities – 21,800 Japanese and 6,800 American lives were lost. Many, many more American soldiers were injured.
Yea - Carolyn!
Last weekend, Team IOH participated in the 2011 Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, DC. Runners from 24 states and Canada joined forces to raise over $100,000 to support the mission of Inheritance of Hope! Specifically, these donations will be used to fully fund the November 2011 Times Square Legacy Retreat that is happening in 2 weeks. Here’s a recap of the weekend…
Kristen Milligan, co-founder of Inheritance of Hope, will complete the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C. this Sunday – although not the way she planned …
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The Marine Corps Marathon is right around the corner – a week and
a half away. Fundraising has been taking place for the last few months by members of Team IOH. The top fundraiser as of October 15th is Carolyn Crooks, raising $5805 to win the fundraising competition! Mike Davis was a close second at $5780! The Team has shown great drive in moving towards the team goal of $75,000. There has been some very creative fundraising ideas. I want to share with you today a note from Gabriel, who has raised over $1000 by selling salsa and enchiladas!
Mike is returning for his 3rd MCM with Team IOH!!!
The 2011 Marine Corps Marathon will be run on October 30th, 18 days from today. Team Inheritance of Hope is proud to be a 3rd Tier Charity Partner with the MCM (4th Tier being the highest partnership level possible.) Inheritance of Hope will be represented by runners from across the U.S. The excitement is building for this year’s race…there’s a lot of chatter happening…even President Barack Obama has something to say…
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