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Questions? Contact Gina at (312)
628-0210.
The 3rd Annual
Hike for Lung Health and Family Fun Fest is a multi-charity
walk designed to bring attention to lung disease. Nearly a
thousand people will be joining together to walk as teams or
individuals to raise money to help the 1 million Chicago
and surrounding suburban residents affected by lung
disease.
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HIKE
FOR LUNG HEALTH UPDATE
Whether you are walking
in honor or in memory of someone or walking to
promote healthy lungs - your support is very important
and will help us create awareness and raise funds
to support lung disease education and research in
Illinois.
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EVENT
DETAILS
Date:
Sunday, September 27th
Locations:
Chicago (Lincoln Park) and in Palatine (Deer
Grove Forest Preserve)
Click
here to view route
maps!
Walk
Options: 1 mile, 3 miles or join our
Virtual Walk if you cannot walk with us on event
day.
You
can register as an individual, create a team or
join a team!
Click
here for more information about
registration.
For additional event
information, visit our Hike for
Lung Health
Headquarters.
Register early to
ensure your t-shirt and
goody-bag!
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BUY
YOUR EVENT DAY PICNIC TICKETS
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Click
here to buy
your
picnic tickets!
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After you Hike for Lung
Health - enjoy a delicious Picnic Box Lunch made
fresh by Jason's Deli. Each lunch is $7.00.
Purchase yours today - limited quantities will be
available for purchase on event day!
The
non-vegetarian option will include a sandwich
(choice of Turkey or Ham on White or Wheat),
chips, pickle and a small dessert.
The vegetarian option is a Ciabatta
Garden sandwich that includes organic field
greens, homemade guacamole and pico, cucumbers,
red and yellow bell peppers, asiago cheese and low
fat balsamic vinaigrette on multigrain ciabatta,
chips, pickle and a small
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FUNDRAISING
UPDATE
Thank you to all who have started their fundraising
campaigns.
We have reached 50% ($64,408) of our goal to
raise
$130,000.
Keep
up the great work and keep promoting Hike for Lung
Health!
Fundraising
Tip of the Week: Touchdown Party
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Are
you ready for some football? Put that big screen
TV to use! Invite your friends and family
over to cheer on their favorite NFL team. Ask
your friends to donate towards your Hike for
Lung Health fundraising campaign to enjoy the
festivities. |
For more fundraising tips,
click
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PARTICIPANT SPOTLIGHT: SISTER MARY
PAT VOLZ
Visit the
Bus Crew's
Fundraising Page!
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As a person
living with asthma, she is personally committed to
the events mission to raise awareness and support
for lung diseases. And, as the bus driver for
Resurrection High School in Chicago, she sees the
ways that lung diseases like asthma can affect the
young people in her community. "It is important to
me that all people are aware of asthma," said
Volz. She added that she has helped students learn
to manage their asthma and "learn how to use
inhalers properly by passing along information
that I have picked up at the walks."
Volz has
supported Respiratory Health Association of
Metropolitan Chicago for 6 years, and this will be
her third time walking in Hike for Lung
Health. While visiting her pulmonologist's
office, she saw a brochure about RHAMC and was
excited to see that Hike for Lung Health benefited
programs for children to learn more about their
asthma.
Each year,
Sister Mary Pat has found creative ways to
fundraise for the walk. Along with asking family
and friends to sponsor her, she made embroidered
towels, friendship bracelets, and even sold ice
cream floats at school to raise money for her
team. "The second year I walked, I sold
wristbands," said Volz. "I had my young niece help
me sell in Minnesota, so I put her on my team and
they sent her a shirt. She still wears it.
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Sister Mary Pat
is currently the only member of her 2009 Hike
team, but invites students and other families to
walk with her. The information that she gathers
from Respiratory Health Association and the other
charity partners, as well as the opportunity to
sell her crafts to support the cause, keep her
coming back each
year.
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THANK
YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
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