5K/ Walk a Thon Benefit

For those of you who do not already know, Noah and I along with members of our core team are planning a 5K/ walk a thon to raise money for August Gate (the church we are planting in the city in August). We are also planning on donating a portion of the proceeds to Children's Miracle Network who inturn supports St Louis Children's Hospital as well as Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital. The cost to participate in either the walk or the run will be $25.00 and the event will take place on September 12, 2009!

To back up and explain why we are giving a portion of the proceeds away.... A huge part of who August Gate will become is giving back to the community. We want to be know as a church that loves and gives freely back to the community we are wanting to reach. So with that being said we felt like the hospitals were a huge part of that community.

We have just started the planning process for this 5K / Walk a Thon but God is placing the details in place. First of all Children's Miracle Network is excited to partner with us and help us in any way that they can. Secondly, we have been blessed with a resource in the city who is going to help us work on the details with securing a location and a permit. I have also started working on getting sponsorships to help underwrite the upfront cost of the event and yesterday I heard back from Vitamin Water. They are going to partner with us and take care of the drinks and hand out free vitamin water bottles at the event! Praise God!

If you are interested in partipating or helping sponsor this event please contact me at heatheroldham@gmail.com. I am excited to see what God is going to do through this event! I am ready to be utterly amazed :)