And even more pictures....

More Pictures

Pictures

Thanks for making yesterday a great day! We'll be posting more pictures once we get them in from other family members too.

The Thing About High School Students

Other than being the mouthpiece of the family, Mr. Davis, my father-in-law, and I share something else in common. We're both teachers at the high school level. Do you know how many times I hear, "Oh my! You must be a saint... I don't know how you do it!" Well, here's one example why we did/do it...

At the end of August, I announced to my students that my father-in-law was diagnosed with breast cancer. That raised some eyebrows... and I told them that he, like me, was a teacher, and (unlike me) was an athletic director in Charlotte and probably one of the best people I have ever known. I told them that it was important to him to raise awareness that men, as well as women, could develop breast cancer. They were moved.

The other thing about teenagers is that they will do anything for food. :) So, I put my classes against each other. We started a per class collection. Each class had a pink jar to put money in. I promised the winning class a full meal cooked by myself. For one full month my students put money in their respective jars... some just change from their lunches, others, their weekly allowance. The competition heated up between 3rd (Astronomy) period and 4th (German 3) period. They were asking for daily totals, and outdoing each other at every turn. The last week, things fizzled a bit. I told them I wouldn't tell any class what the current total was until the winners were announced. In the end, for a little food and a whole-lotta-love my classes raised almost $600 in 3.5 weeks. Astronomy had the biggest total of $204.19 (done by just students) but German 3 won out when a parent wrote the Komen Foundation a check for $125.00 putting that classes total donation to $293.64.

While sometimes teaching teenagers isn't the easiest job in the world, there are certainly those other times that make it all worthwhile. Despite what some may think about teenagers in general, the ones I teach have shown that they are caring and considerate human beings and have contributed to this outpouring of love for my father-in-law who they have never met. Thank you to my students and the parents who raised good kids!!

~Rachel

Race Day Information-Read Carefully!!!

It's Race Time!!! 5 days and counting.......Please read carefully all the way through this post. It's a lot of information at once. If you have any questions please let one of us know.

Shirts

The shirts are finally in!!! If you have not already received your shirt and you're a member of the team, we hope to get them to you this week. If not, we'll have the remainder Saturday morning at the race. Please wear your shirt on race day! Mike is going to deliver shirts starting today to the DeBerry's/Davis' (staying with Phil and Nancy), Coates, Schaens, and Central's church members. I've already taken care of the BB&T group and I'll deliver another round to the Phil and Tony's group on Wednesday (you know who you are). For everyone else, please let me know when you want to pick up your shirt, or just get it on race day.

$$ Raised

Thanks to everyone on the team we've raised $1696.00 as of today! Thank you for all of your hard work!!

Well Wishes

PLEASE remember to leave your well wishes to Harold (HK) in the comments section of any post. We'd like to present them to him on race day and have received NONE!!!!

Parking

Unfortunately the Komen organization has not posted any parking information on their website. For those of you that are not familiar with downtown Charlotte you can check out http://www.charlottecentercity.org. Go to "Getting Around", then "Maps", then "Click here" for a parking map. The event is being held at Gateway Village. There is a parking deck there, but I don't know what streets will be blocked off for the race. Remember to bring cash on race day, since several parking decks do not accept any other type of payment...$20 should be more than enough.

Race Day Times/Meeting Place

6:30 Registration (for those who have not received their packets)
Chip pick-up for competitive runners-Remember to return your chip at the end of the
race or you will be charged!!!

7:00 Team Meeting Time-Please be outside the Starbucks @ 800 W. Trade St. #140 no later than 7:00. We plan to surprise Harold (HK) @ this time.

7:30 Competitive Run

8:00 Non-competitive run

8:45 One mile fun walk-you can start earlier if you want to. They should have signs up telling you where you need to go along the route (this has been the procedure in previous
years).

Remember to check out the expo also while you're there. They usually have lots of free goodies for the race participants. Remember to support the sponsors that help make this race possible!!

Gathering/Visit with Harold (HK) after race

After the race, there will be a drop-in gathering at Ann and Harold's house. Please feel free to stop in and visit with Harold. We will be providing lunch also. If you plan to attend please let Mike or I know asap.

Ok guys, I think that's all the information we needed to let you know. Thank you again to everyone who has participated in our effort and remember shhhhhhhhhhhhh....

IT'S A SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SEE YOU @ 7 ON SATURDAY MORNING