Running circles around cancer!

To all members, and prospective members, of Michele's Melee:

The For Women Only 5K is coming up in a little over a month and we are getting excited. There are over 20 women scheduled to run/walk with Michele and a bunch of women, men, and kids ready to cheer them on from the sidelines. If you are planning to join us, and haven't yet let me know, please drop me an email so that I can add you to the list. Don't forget to sign up for the race if you are going to participate.

With a ton of help from Cheri Lantz and Ian Nagy we are getting close to ordering t-shirts. They will probably be white with pink & black artwork. Everyone and anyone are welcome to get a shirt whether you are running, cheering, or just supporting from afar. The actual cost of the shirts is probably going to be just under $20. We are asking for anyone wanting one to to throw in $20 and the excess, if there is any, will go into our charitable donation pot. If you are interested in t-shirts, please let me know how many and sizes ASAP so that we can get the order going and get them out to everyone before the race. We will deal with the $$$ the day of the race.

We have decided to direct our charitable donation to the Wellness Community of Southeast Michigan. The Wellness Community (TWC) is the largest and most comprehensive program in the country devoted solely to providing psychosocial and educational support to people with cancer, their caregivers and children – all free of charge. It is a wonderful facility that offers free counseling & support groups, as well as exercise, stress relief, and educational programs for cancer patients and their caregivers.

We are personally going to make a donation and hope to collect additional donations from our amazing support group to pass along a little bit of the goodwill that we have received in the last 4 months. We will be collecting donations to pool together on the day of the race. If you won't be able to attend, but want to participate with this great cause, please feel free to send us a check and we'll add it to the pot. Please don't feel obligated to donate, all of your support has already been more than we could ask for and we don't want to burden anyone.

We hope that this event will be fun for everyone. Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.