4/12/08 Walkers

From: Mary

Here are the stats from the 4/12//2008 walk -
Attendees-
1-Mary Murphy, 2-Tony, 3-Gary, 4-Bob, 5-Bonnie P., 6-Julie,7-Marie, 8-Deborah, 9-Dale & Banjo, 10-Drema, 11- Russ and Mathew, 12-Val, 13-Keith, 14- Kathie, and 15-Mary D.

Saturday Total = 37.4 miles
Year-to-Date Total = 766.70
Miles to go to hit "2008 miles in 2008" - 1241.3 miles

We were all really proud of Bonnie P., she was the lucky recipient of the weekly drawing for the traveling journal last week. She faithfully journaled and lost 5 pounds last week! She is on a roll now and will keep up her journaling habit. You go Girl!

We had a well attended walk this morning. A lady passerby on a bicycle took a picture of everybody with Tony's camera. The weather was nice not too hot. There was a beautiful wood stork, but none of the photographers got a picture of it. Bonnie did get some great pictures of the Osprey and its nest which are at the intersection of the Parkway and Lakewood Ave. The bunny rabbit was at is usual place eating grass. Marie and Julie kept their Perfect Attendance record. They are amazing. Drema's son Russ and little grandson joined us. They are a great addition to the group. Russ was planning to go home and mow the lawn after the walk.

Betty, the Banker Cow, was back and took donations. She is getting heavy. No one has counted the donations. We are saving for the "2008 Miles Party" in 2008.
Karen is the only member who does not have her T-Shirt. Mary will contact her and see about getting Karen her shirt.
Susan was missing this morning. She is such a regular. Mary and Tony saw her on Wednesday and thought they would see her this morning. Mary will e-mail her to see what is up. Marie's son Kenny is in Tampa General and hopes to be home on Monday. We will keep him in our prayers. .

JDRF Walk News -

Deborah says there is still time to sigh up for the walk on April 19th. If you can't walk but want to donate you can log on jdrf.org. From that page click on JDRF Walks. On the Walks home page is a "Support a Walker" box. Enter first and last name and the team name is Nameless Walking Group and then select Florida as the state and click on "Find Walker". It will them bring up the walker's name which you click on then click on "Donate to this Walker". It will then bring up a screen to fill out to make the donation using a credit card. Follow the directions on the screen from there.

For those going to the Walk we will be wearing our Nameless walking Group T-Shirts to the walk. Those who are going to Walk from the Weight Watchers Meeting, we are planning to car pool together. Deborah is going to check on what the parking situation will be at the St. Pete Times Forum that morning.

We are excited about this Walk, since we will have our T-Shirts on display for everybody to see in an organized walk. For those who are not attending the JDRF walk, be at the Parkway Trail at 7:15 AM as usual for the Saturday, April 19th walk.