2009 MS Lifelines Walk MS
Denver
Walk Manager: Dawn Smith
Contact: dawn.smith@nmss.org
Current Fundraising Leaders
Your commitment to Walk MS and raising money ensures that the MS Society will continue to fund more than over 440 research projects and provide emergency cash assistance and care management services to the 9,000 plus Coloradan’s living with MS. Thank you!
To help participants meet our Walk MS Fundraising Prize minimum of $250 we are extending our Fundraising Prize Deadline to Friday, August 7th.
Help us hit our Walk MS goal by raising your fundraising total to the next prize level. Reaching the following fundraising totals will give you the option to select a gift card from either Wal*Mart or our online MS Merchandise store. www.walkMSstore.com. If you raise:
- $250 you will have the option to select a $25 gift card.
- $500 you will have the option to select a $50 gift card.
- $750 you will have the option to select a $75 gift card.
- $1,000 you will have the option to select a $100 gift card.
Become a Mission First Member by donating your prize back to help us meet a 300% increase in requests from clients for care management and financial assistance.
Got Opinions? We want to hear from you! What worked? What didn’t? Was parking easier for you this year? Do you know of a sponsor for 2010? Please send your responses to Dawn Smith at 303.698.5433 or dawn.smith@nmss.org.
Thank you to the 2009 Denver Walk MS Committee:
Tracy Livingston (Committee Chair)
David Alexander (Entertainment)
James Bacon (Parking & Shuttles)
Laz Benitez (PR, Finish Line Program)
Carol Bramer-Mitten (Food & Beverages)
Margy Conant (Experience Tent)
Kaylin Downour (Walk MS teams)
Dorin Falliaux (Lake Rest Stop)
Tracey Gile (MOVE IT!)
Rob Hartnett (Registration)
Al Mitten (Food & Beverages)
Kristina Porter (Signage)
Ashley Rodgers (Registration, MOVE IT!)
Kim Rose (Going Greener, Experience Tent)
Veronica Saenz (Logistics)
Ben Seymour (Going Greener & Sponsor Row)
Kari Schrader (Finish Line)
Bobby Small (Maps & MS Store)
Virginia Thompson (Route Marshalls)
Kathryn Westphal (Cheer Crew)
Mary Wilham (Going Greener)
Thank you to our generous sponsors:
MS Lifelines
Accessible Systems, Inc
Acorda
Adaptive AutoMobility
Balloonatics
Barrier Free Designs
Bing
Biogen Idec
Channel 7
Chipotle
Clif Bar & Co.
Colorado Cookie Company
Colorado Rapids
Denver Newspaper Agency
Denver Water
Denver Zoo
Downtown Denver Aquarium
East High School Drum Line
Godin & Baity
Gourmet Fine Catering
H & E Equipment Services
H & H Environmental
Kaiser Permanente
Kennedy, Childs & Fogg
Kreative Solutions (“Pancake Guy” Kraig White and team)
KHOW and the Party
Moroch, Inc. (McDonalds)
Mountain High Yogurt
Partners in Chiropractic
St. James Presbyterian Church
Texas Roadhouse
URS
Wild West Walkabout
3150 Films
Thank you to our VIP’s!
Governor Bill Ritter
Senator Linda Newell
Joyce Nelson, NMSS President
Representative Dennis Apuan, House District 17, El Paso County
On the Chipotle Main Stage: Ministers of Swing
At the Pavilion Band Shell: New Celtic Legacy
At the York Street Rest Stop: Linda & Jessica Storey Band presented by C.A.S.E. for MS
SAVE THE DATE! The 2010 Denver Walk MS will be on Saturday, May 1st at City Park.