HOPE SMILES from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happieR'... - Alfred tennyson

MY MISSION

It is my mission this year to train for the 2013 Chicago Marathon, and in the process of that training, I am planning to complete 31 half-marathons in prayerful dedication to the 31 victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School and 2013 Boston Marathon tragedies. I am entitling this journey "THE EXTRA sMILE: 31-4-31-4-HOPE"; 31 half-marathons for these 31 souls in an effort to raise donations for both the Dakota Medical Foundation - Lend A Hand program and the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. And I would like to invite you along this journey.

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HOW YOU CAN HELP

Any donation at all that you are able to make toward my journey - be it $1 or $100 - will go to support the efforts of two passionate causes that I have supported throughout my life: the regional charity organization, Dakota Medical Foundation - Lend A Hand and the national charity organization, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. To find out more information about these organizations, please read further in the next column.

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DMF LEND A HAND/ St. JUDE

The regional charity organization, Dakota Medical Foundation - Lend A Hand and the national charity organization, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, have been wonderful and powerful resources for both patients and their families. They are resources that are vital to maintaining hope through pain, illness, uncertainty and finanicial difficulty. Please take the time to read further on these organizations.

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