[IMAGE: Our team burned through another 150 miles at the West Michigan Bike MS, plus picked up a few friends along the way!]
Our partnership with the Fifth Third River Bank Run has brought fresh faces to the Team N3kk1d Family of Teams. We are pleased to have Monica running for us at the River Bank Run in May. By the end of January she had already raised more than $500 for the fight against MS... that's tremendous! Check out our fleet-footed running team on our pledge page and consider a tax-deductible donation today!
With his aversion to Facebook, Twitter, and other online social media, it seems a little strange that our team captain Sloth is... yes... blogging. But blogging he is, with photos and all! Check out the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Michigan Chapter blog on the Fifth third River Bank Run website and find out why it is so crucial that we stop MS NOW!
Wow; what a year! Between our Wii Bowling event, the West Michigan Bike MS tour, and our Golf MS event on September 10th, Team N3kk1d raised more than $6,000 for the fight against MS! Our cycling team really went all out this year, with half of the team tackling the Century Loop. This adds 25 to 50 additional miles to their route! FANTASTIC JOB, team! In addition, Tana Rousseau easily became one of our top fundraisers with our Golf MS gig, raising more than $650 single-handedly. Well done!
On top of all this, Team LaDorkas, which this year officially included Team N3kk1d team captains Sloth and Steph Ford, raised an additional $6,700 for the Wisconsin Challenge Walk MS event in September. This dedicated group of women is part of a small, elite group of MS warriors who raised more than $345,000 in 2011's event alone, easily surpassing the event's goal of $285,000! Unbelieveable!
[IMAGE: Sloth was among a group of like-minded individuals as they worked on a Running Mob video for the Fifth Third River Bank Run.]
Team N3kk1d captain Sloth was apparently just enjoying a beautiful afternoon in downtown Grand Rapids when all of a sudden a huge group of runners spontaneously started to run! Well, he wasn't about to let them have all the fun without him. Check out the video on YouTube!
Perseverence pays off: the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Michigan Chapter is an official charity partner with the 5th 3rd River Bank Run! This means exposing thousands of runners, walkers, and volunteers to our cause, as well as expanding our fundraising base here in West Michigan. Check out our events page for registration information, event details, and how you can get involved in the largest 25K road race in the United States!
Team N3kk1d would like to recognize Peninsular Technologies LLC for their generous support of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Michigan Chapter. Each year, this small digital video software development company assists Team N3kk1d with its monetary goals and also contributes both time and energy in making things happen. A big "hats off" to Peninsular's on-going support for our vision of a world free of Multiple Sclerosis!
Want an easy, interactive way to keep up-to-date on all of our events? Check out our online event calendar page and learn how to import our calendar into your personal Google Calendar. One additional way to stay "plugged in" to the team is to visit and "like" us on Facebook. The Team N3kk1d Facebook page does not require a Facebook account to access, but if you have a Facebook account and join the group we can send you notifications of upcoming events and more. Check it out!