Second Committee Meeting~Honorary Chair Announced!!

The second committee meeting took place on April 20, 2011. Lots of exciting things continue to be announced.


We were excited when Jill announced Deena Burnett Bailey as our 2011 Honorary Race Chair. Deena was the wife of the late Tom Burnett who helped to overtake the terrorists on UA Flight 93 that went down in PA on 9-11.

Equally as exciting was the announcement of McDonald's becoming one of our newest sponsors. We couldn't be more excited to have them on board. Thank you...Thank you!!

















Plans continue to be made for the Team Captain Kick-Off on June 5, 2011. Be sure and check out my other post with all the information on this. Keep a watch for all of the up-to-date information right here for the Kick-Off and all other events. We look forward to seeing all the 2011 Team Captains there!!

Next meeting in May! :)

Shawna Long
TEAMS Committee

Team Captain Kick~Off

Firefighters Calender Judging Event~Woo Hoo!!

Oh my was this event HOT!!! Over 20 Firefighters from Little Rock, North Little Rock, Benton and Alexander strutted their stuff on the runway for their chance to be the the first ever Fired Up for the Cure calendar which will be available later this year. They all brought their A games and did not disappoint! The night started off with an hour VIP Meet and Greet with the firefighters. This gave them the chance to personally introduce themselves to the ladies and try to get more votes! The guys were all so nice and very easy on the eyes.....All in attendance got to enjoy great food and drinks before getting ready for the show!!! The guys put on a great show. Votes were done with tokens, you liked them or the show they were putting on.....you put your token/tokens in the pink buckets. Tokens were available to purchase at the event. After they all got their turn and tokens had been tossed.....they all made a trip around the runway one more time sporting their Pink " I Survived Judgement Day" shirts. At this time, all the ladies got the chance to meet the firefighters when the guys lined up by the door with their buckets as the ladies were walking out. This was the last chance for votes......So, votes have been counted....and the winners are.....................................................Sorry, you gotta wait just like I do till the calendar comes out.....I know, I know.....I promise, it WILL be worth the wait!!!!!!!!

To view all my photos from this event....believe me...you wanna see them...click on the following link:

http://photo1.walgreens.com/walgreens/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=6366117003/a=7039809_7039809/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=walgreens/

A big thank you to the ladies below and to all the volunteers that helped put on this show and make it such a success!!!!

Shawna Long

TEAMS Committee

Plant it Pink with P. Allen Smith

Plant it Pink with P. Allen Smith in the North Little Rock Argenta District took place on March 26, 2011. Although it was a misty rainy morning lots of people came out to enjoyed the event! The Event started out with North Little Rock Mayor Patrick Henry Hays introducing P. Allen Smith and Argenta District Foundation Leader John Gaudin.

The following link has a great video of P. Allen and John Gaudin discussing the event..check it out!!!

http://talkbusiness.net/article/CLEAN-amp-GREEN-PLANT-IT-PINK/1746/

P. Allen Smith lead a parade in the Argenta District thru the beautiful 25,000 Pink tulips.

To enjoy all the photos I took for this event please click on the following link:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=297059&id=718957903&l=e82de52a2b

After the parade a few dedicated vendors were sit up to serve lunch..I would like to reconize Hot Dog Mike http://www.facebook.com/#!/hotdogmike, Pierre's Gourmet Pizza Co and Green Cuisine for being so nice to serve us lunch despite the weather! Thanks sooooooo much!!!

All in all it was a GREAT day! Looks like this will be an annual event so please start now praying for good weather for the following years!

Shawna Long

TEAMS Committee

First Race Committee Meeting with 2011 Race Chair Jill Winholt

The first Committee meeting took place on March 16, 2011 with our 2011 Race Chair Jill Winholt. The Honorary Survivor for this year Dianne Woods, an 8 year survivor, was introduced and she opened the meeting with a prayer.

All members in attendance told how long they have been associated with the Race and what committee they serve. I myself have been a team captain for the past 4 years and this is my first year serving on the TEAMS Committee. I'm so excited and feel so blessed to be a part of such a great cause. So, needless to say, it was exciting to hear about the ones that have been serving for several years....giving so much of their time to help find the CURE!!

Donna Easley, the 2010 Race Chair, announced the exciting statistics about last years race. We had 45,948 participants with 56% of them being apart of a team. 2334 survivors were registered and 2832 Three Miles of Men. $2,059,843 was raised!!!! WoW!

Jill presented the theme this year....drum roll please.....

We have so many exciting events coming up all leading up to this year's Race for the Cure such as Dine out for the Cure, Kids for the Cure, Team Captain Kick Off, Skating for the Cure and much more! The Plant it Pink Event and Firefighter Calendar Event was announced both of which we have had and, as you will see in my upcoming posts, were GREAT events!

Please watch the blog for all the latest updates on upcoming events you don't want to miss.

Shawna Long