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| photo courtesy of Snips92 |
By now, most of you know that the Make-A-Wish
Foundation is a non-profit organization that fulfills the wishes of children
with life-threatening medical conditions.
Great Lakes Base has a long history of offering our services to the
local chapter of Make-A-Wish Foundation. So, when they contacted us
about participating in the 20th Annual Medical Mutual “Walk for Wishes” event… we didn’t hesitate to say yes!
The Walk for Wishes
event was held this past Saturday at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo; on what turned
out to be a beautiful Ohio summer morning! More then 1,700 walkers, sponsors and volunteer kicked off
the 3 mile course around the zoo.
And for our part, members of Great Lakes Base, Ohio Garrison and Mando
Mercs -- along with some of our family and NCS friends joined the walkers. Unfortunately, I had to leave earlier
then expected -- more on that in my next blog post -- but that didn’t stop GLB
clonetrooper obejuan, his wife and two sons (dressed as jedi) as well as our
newest Mando Merc from walking the entire length of the course -- in full
armor!
Ohio has more then 500 “wishes” pending -- that
is over 500 kids waiting to have their wish come true. Therefore, the local Make-A-Wish
chapter is looking to raise $180,000 in 2012 and there is still time to donate
to the Walk for Wishes campaign. For
more information about the Make-A-Wish Foundation or to get more involved,
contact the Northeast Ohio Regional Office at 1-888-272-WISH or visit http://www.makeawishohio.org/
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