"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in SERVE on Aug 9th, 2017
One of the things I love about the running community is all the encouragement and support. There is a whole other level of awesome with the ultra trail races. People run trails in excess of the marathon distance. This race, Pioneer Spirit, was 50 miles! I volunteered at the last aid station, at mile 43.6! […]
Posted in SERVE on Aug 8th, 2017
The boys and I attended a full day leadership retreat hosted by the Coalition for Placer Youth, dedicated to educating youth on alcohol and drugs. We learned so much about how the tobacco industry is marketing to youth through avenues other than cigarettes. These other avenues are not regulated and it’s crazy to see the […]
Posted in SERVE on Aug 8th, 2017
Our church’s annual Vacation Bible School (Breakaway) is an over the top week of fun, music, activities and adventure. The boys have attended the camp since we moved here back in 2009. This year, instead of being campers, they served as youth leaders! Typically, we are in WA/ID over this time so they haven’t been […]
Volunteering for a race creates a full circle in the running community. If you only run but don’t serve, you miss out on the incredible blessings of helping another runner. To be that source of encouragement at just the right time for someone; the feeling is something everyone needs to experience at least once. Then, […]
Posted in SERVE on Jan 19th, 2017
Our run club hosted the aid station at mile 21 for the California International Marathon. It was the most perfect weather for a race. Cool and sunny/slightly overcast. Filling garbage cans full of electrolyte drinks.. . Mallory and I made the electrolyte drink, then I moved on to picking up the used cups. This woman […]
Posted in SERVE on Nov 19th, 2016
Yes, you read that right…100 miles!! An amazing collection of athletes running from Folsom to Auburn and back! Rio del Lago 100 Mile Endurance Run this link contains a neat promotional video of the run. The boys and I were fortunate to serve at one of the aid stations. We were located at 44.5 miles. […]
Posted in SERVE on Oct 13th, 2016
The boys and I got in some volunteer hours picking up litter along the Miner’s Ravine. We were one station of a coordinated effort where multiple teams picked up trash along the Sierra Mountain waterways. Super hot day, but we all worked hard and picked up a bunch of trash!
Posted in SERVE on Mar 22nd, 2016
Four years ago, Shamrock’n was my second half marathon. The water/aid stations are always appreciated. This year I organized the last aid station for this run. We had about 100 women from our run club run it, and about 30 of us volunteered at the aid/water station. It was a crazy, rainy, windy, stormy, day. […]
Posted in SERVE on Feb 9th, 2016
Our annual kettle collection!
Posted in SERVE on Dec 6th, 2014
Another annual service project was combined with a presentation by friend/homeschool mom, Susan, who spoke on an upcoming mission to Cambodia. She taught the kids a bit about Cambodia, and how her team was going to Cambodia to provide a support retreat to existing missionaries in Cambodia. These missionaries are the frontlines fighting s– trafficking. […]