NAMI Walks

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Thank you to all the Team Captains, walkers, sponsors and volunteers that made NAMI Scott County's 3rd annual event another great success!

Fundraising and Public Awareness Update:

More than $72,000 has been confirmed to date, with more still expected to come in over the next couple of months! Also confirmed, more than 50 Walk Teams, with more than 1,300 total registered walkers!

Top Fundraiser:

Congratulations to Team Captains Donna Hague and Jan Treft-Allen with Genesis Health System for being the Top Fundraiser, raising more than $6,700!

Top Online Fundraiser:

Kudos to Team Captain Anna Goodwin of SAU (St. Ambrose University) for being the Top Online Fundraiser, raising $630! More than $3,600 in online donations has been made so far by going to www.nami.org/namiwalks. Donations still accepted!:)

Largest Walk Team:

A big applause to Team Captain, Vicki Zude from Robert Young Center for organizing the LARGEST walk team of 141 registered walkers!

Top Volunteers:

And many, many thanks to the following individuals for providing Exceptional Volunteer Service;

Greg Paulline (Vera French / NAMI Scott County)
John Zogg (NAMI Scott County)
Ben Villareal (ECS, Inc.)
Jamie Moeller (General Team Chairperson)
Dr. Dick Whittlesey (Genesis Psychology Associates)

Walk Team Captains Raising $1,000 or more: (so far!)

John Zogg - Family Team - more than $1,000
Anne Molyneaux - Molyneaux Insurance - more than $1,000
Jamie Moeller - Heads Up - more than $1,200
Dana Beneker - New Choices, Inc. - more than $1,300
Dr. Dick Whittlesey - Genesis Psychology Associates - more than $1,400
Vicki Zude - Robert Young Center - more than $2,200
Helen and Ron Snell - Snell Family Team - more than $2,400
Liz Berridge (& all club captains!) - Kiwanis Team - more than $2,400
Rhonda and Rachel Stahl - Stahl Family Team - more than $2,600
David Lanaghan - Kudos for NAMI Team - more than $2,600
Christine Urish / Anna Goodwin - Team Ambrose - more than $2,900
Tricia Voss - Vera French MHC Team - more than $4,300
Linda Lewis - Lewis Lightning Team - more than $4,500
Donna Hague and Jan Treft-Allen - Genesis Health System - more than $6,700

Recognition of Walk Planning Committee Chairpersons and Special Walk Day Volunteers:

Jamie Moeller - General Team Chairperson
Greg Paulline - Accounting / Printing / T-Shirts
Kathy Van Hyfte - Hospitality
Renae Vanzuiden - Kick-off Luncheon
Dick Whittlesey - Business Team Chairperson
Connie Williams - Walk Team Development / Mailing / Folders
John Zogg - Walk Day Logistics
Vicki Zude - Post Walk Event

Thank You to Our Special Walk Day Volunteers:

Jody Schneider - Walk Day Registration
Martha and Tom Hayes - Raffles / Delivery of Tables
Suzanne Pohl - Door Prizes
Wendy Kendall - National Anthem song
Central High School Jr. ROTC - Color Guard
Safeway Scaffolding - Scaffolding and Banner setup
Paul Norton Girl Scouts #1717 & # 1910 - Cheerleaders / Water
Davenport Kuk Sool Won - Martial Arts Exhibition / Warm-Up
Swing of the Quad Cities - Clyde mascot / Speed Pitch / Bounce Castle
Strieter's River City Ford and Strieter's Lincoln Mercury - Stage / Cars
Happy Joe's Pizza Parlor - Taco Pace Car / Happy the Dog mascot
Lujack's Northpark Auto Plaza - Pace Car
Dr. Maciejko (Genesis) - Team photos and other Walk Day photos
Walt Moeller & Lois Wellendorf- Event T-shirts
Iowa National Guard & Summit Boys- Parking
Bruce Silieni (NAMI Iowa president) - Speaker

Thank You to our Post Walk Event Sponsor:

And thank you to our sponsor, Lujack's Northpark Auto Plaza for hosting the Post Walk Event held for Sponsors, Team Captains Raising $1,000 or more and Volunteers.

And finally, two last items for your consideration..............

Air-Show Proceeds to Benefit NAMI Scott County on June 3-4:

If you are planning on attending next weekend's Quad City Air Show at the Mount Joy Airport, please consider parking at the River Cities Business Park (old Caterpillar plant) on June 3 & 4th. River Cities Business Park is generously donating their parking proceeds to NAMI Scott County in support of our community education, support and advocacy programs!

In addition, if you would like to volunteer to assist in the clean-up efforts of their parking lot after 6:00 PM on Saturday and Sunday evening, we would greatly appreciate your help! Clean-up should go fairly quickly if we have enough volunteers. If you are interested in helping out, please contact John Zogg at the following; jwzogg@yahoo.com or 391-8252.

And, for your information, upcoming NAMI programs in the fall include Family-to-Family Education course, starting September 13 through December 6th, course #16397. Call Scott Community College at 441-4100 to register. Class offered free of charge.

And also coming up, Peer-to-Peer Education course, starting September 14 through November 9th, course # 18869. Call Scott Community College at 441-4100 to register. Class offered free of charge.

And once again, THANK YOU ALL for your support of NAMI Scott County's mission to provide education, support and advocacy programs in our Quad-City Community! We couldn't do it without all of you!

Sharon Kendall Dunn
Walk Manager
NAMI Scott County