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Dear Friends, Together in Hope wishes you a fantastic weekend! We hope you spend it with family and friends. We have attached our latest newsletter and hope you enjoy it. Thank you for all your continued support The Together in Hope team
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March Newsletter 2013
Race for a Cause
Team Together in Hope
In this Issue:
The Woodlands
Marathon
Meet our Atheletes
Where your $$$ are
going
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Copyright © *|2013|* *|Together in Hope|*, All
rights reserved. Our mailing address is:
Together in Hope 1250 Wood Branch Park Drive, Suite 625,
Houston, TX 77079 832-758-2971
www.togetherinhope.org
We are busy putting our medical mission to El Salvador together. We are still
looking for a dentist to come and participate on this trip. The dates are July
13th-20th. If you know of a dentist that would be interested please email
[email protected] or call Laura at 832-758-2971
As always thank you for your ongoing support and for helping us achieve so
much. Our work would not be possible without your support. Thank you to all
our athletes who ran and walked in the Woodlands Marathon events. We are
so grateful to you all. We would also like to give a special thank you to
Gabrielle Baumeyer from Reason2Race for all her support and
encouragement over the past number of months. The success of this event
would not have been possible without her. Thank you so much Gabrille!
Friends,
We wish you a Happy Easter and hope that you
are enjoying it with friends and family. In El
Salvador Easter is celebrated a little different from
how some
Thank you to everyone who came out to our After the Race Pupsa Party,
and to all the ladies who spent all afternoon making delicious Pupusas.
Thank you so much for all the support.
March has been busy for Together in Hope, on
March 2nd we had a group of 9 runners and 4
walkers take part in the Woodlands Marathon
event. For the last number of months, Team
Together in Hope has been working hard to raise
funds for our program in El Salvador and they all
trained exceptionally hard to get in shape before
the big day. For some of our runners it was their
first time running in an athletic event. We are so
proud of them and so grateful for all their hard
work.
how some of us celebrate it here in the United States. In El Salvador, the
week of Easter is “Holy Week,” and the festivities revolve around Roman
Catholic tradition. Since the time of colonization, Roman Catholic
traditions have been the most common and most practiced in the country.
Semana Santa is one of the most important weeks in El Salvador.
Steve Smith
Trisha and Randy Pollard
Shirley Lloyd Kathleen Knolle Mary Goodman Sandra Weaver Harriet Riggs George Fordes Debbie Moser
Ralph Cox Michael Atkins
Gigi White Horacio Sosa
Richard Covington Maria Zuniga Heidi Pinyerd Ann Spears
Marilu Alejandre Luz Flores
Keoni Josiah Gary Reinsch Phyllis Davis Doug Turley
Nancy Hinshaw Alison Bales Cynthia Orbe
Philip DelRosario Marissa Pi
Joseph Whitaker Jr Shirley Broome Paula Arnold
Hartley Hampton Sonya Thomasson
William Ehrenstrom Alan Vanhooser
Claire Thomasson Marlene Nondorf Gregorio Mariano
Grant Harvey Beth Jones
James Flagg Wendelyn Turley
Karen Juul-nielsen David Luther
Thank you to all our donors
who supported our athletes
in the Woodlands Marathon
event
The Woodlands Marathon
Over the last four months, Together in Hope worked to bulid a team for the
Woodlands Marathon. Our goal was to have ten runners who would each raise at
least $1,000 for our “Breaking the cycle of Poverty in The Alta Mira Flores
community, El Salvador” program.
On March 2nd 2013, 9 runners took their mark and ran in
the various events at the Woodlands Marathon, along with 4
walkers that walked in the 2k. Our athletes worked
extremely hard both to train and to raise funds. We were
over the moon when we got our most recent donation
report that announced that they had raised an amazing
$20,980 with more donations coming in.
Meet Our Athletes
Diane McGehee- Diane is the Founder and Director of Together in
Hope. Diane wanted to run her first ever full marathon to raise
funds for the Alta Mira Flores community in El Salvador and she did
it! Diane finished the marathon in 5:15:55 and raised an amazing
$14,035 putting her in first place in the Reason2Race Launch
Charity Challenge, winning an extra $3,000 for Together in Hope.
Paige Martin: Rev Paige Martin has spent time working in El Salvador, she knows the
need for a facility like the one for which we are raising funds. This was Paiges first run
after a serious Knee injury and she aced it!
Ruth Gonda: Ruth is a registered nurse and is coming to El Salvador to volunteer on
the TIH medical mission in July. Ruth wanted to Run for a Cause for her first 5k!
Dr John Riggs- John is a friend of Diane’s who
heard about our effort to put a team together
to run in the Woodlands Marathon. He
immediately signed up to run with Team
Together in Hope and ran his first ever full
marathon!
Janet Deleon: Janet is from El Salvador, she got in touch with
TIH back in December to see how she could get involved. When
she heard about the race she signed up straight away.
Marsha Renfroe: Marsha is Diane’s niece. After hearing her
aunt talk about El Salvador, Marsha wanted to help out however
she could. She decided to run her first 5k for El Salvador.
Hilary Killian: Hilary ran in the half marathon for Team Together in Hope. Hilary
heard about our cause through our volunteers going to El Salvador in July, and joined
our team.
Natalie and Bill Lamont: Natalie and Bill raised funds and ran.
Thank you to you all and thank you to everyone who supported our athletes, we
couldn’t have done it without your support.
Team Together in Hope
Together in Hope invites you to become part of Team Together in Hope. We will
annually be running in the Woodlands Marathon each March. Let us know if you
want to join Team Together in Hope 2014!We will also be running a series of races
over the next 12months to raise vital funds for our program in El Salvador and we
invite you to join us. We have joined forces with Reason2Race to help you with all
your fundraising needs. You can help us ensure that the Alta Mira Flores community
gets their new community center, medical clinic and school; all you have to do is
choose Together in Hope as your reason to race. See more details here:
http://togetherinhope.org/support-us/team-together-in-hope
Where your $$$’s are going
On behalf of all Team Together in Hope thank you so much for your support of the
athletes who ran and walked in the Woodlands Marathon, March 2, 2013. Thanks to
you, we raised an amazing $20,960 and funds are still coming in. Our goal is to build
a community center that will include a larger school for more children, a medical and
dental clinic, and job training. We have found land within the community that is
ideally located for this center. Half will be used to buy the land for the community
center and half will support our full-time Salvadoran community social worker,
Edwin Reyes, who grew up in the community and is committed to helping the
members of this community move out of poverty into a more hopeful future. Thanks
to you and your generous support, we are one step closer to make this dream a
reality. Watch our video to see our work in El Salvador, and the difference your
donation is making:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6vaBwRSWs8&feature=player_embedded
Hear what our athletes have to say
‘One of my dreams has always been to find a way to help my country El Salvador, as I
have seen firsthand the challenges many families face due to poverty and lack of
resources. Running for Together in Hope gives me the opportunity to begin this
journey of impacting the lives of my fellow Salvadorans. It fills me with so much joy
to be able to do this, and I look forward to continue supporting TIH’s amazing
mission’- Janet Deleon
‘My Aunt has always been someone in my life that I could count on. Even when we
haven't been close in proximity I've always known when I've needed someone she
would be there. When she asked me to help her with a cause I was more than happy
to return the favor for all of the times that she has helped me! Running this 5k (my
FIRST 5k, by the way) is just one small way that I can return a favor to someone who
has done so much for me. However this cause is one that is much bigger than the
story of me and my aunt. This cause is about helping people who may not have the
resources to help themselves. Here in the United States it is generally pretty easy to
get what we need, especially when it comes to our basic needs. Now it's my turn, and
your turn, to do what we can to take a small amount from what we have and make a
huge difference in someone else's life.’-Marsha Renfroe
Daniel Velasquez Felinda Villa
Rev Gail Smith Nida Gonda
Peter Barbara Michael Renfroe Darlene Plumly
Mireya Ottaviano Tiffany Hammond
Meade Bernard GENE FEIGELSON
Elaine Lawson Carole Sholar
Bob Liston Robert Riggs
Hannah Hendley Rebecca Paige Martin
Keith Luis Riggs Pauline Y. Cournyer
Jose Vega anita calderon Paul Messenger
Catherinae Stewart Kimberly Orr
Ken and Lesley Huebsch Diana Holbert Jenny Liston
Thomas Smith Doris Deleon
Dante de los Reyes Caroline Turley Roland Oberlin
From the bottom of our
hearts Thank you so
much <3
Copyright © *|2013|* *|Together in Hope|*, All rights
reserved. Our mailing address is:
Together in Hope 1250 Wood Branch Park Drive, Suite 625,
Houston, TX 77079 832-758-2971
www.togetherinhope.org