Donate your old clothes and shoes and help Marcel's Way!
Looking for a place to take those old clothes and shoes after cleaning out your closets? You can support Marcel's Way by taking them to Place in the Woods Trading Post in Antrim, NH, and donating them to the Planet Aid yellow bin. By simply donating your old clothes and shoes, you can help Marcel's Way Family Fund which gives financial support to Mitochondrial families.
Place in the Woods is located at 128 Concord Street (Route 202), Antrim, NH 03440.
Saturday May 22, 2010 Miles for Mito 2010 Got energy? Run for those who don't!
Thank you for your support of our Seventh Annual "Miles for Mito" 5K Race/Walk for Families affected by Mitochondrial Disease. The new venue at Mine Falls was a big hit and Mother Nature delivered beautiful weather! We had a wonderful crowd of supporters, runners, walkers, sponsors and families join us for a fun and successful event. This was the first year as a trail run and we got a lot of positive feedback about the new location and the course. Folks were pleased with the fruit, pastry, bagels and water to fuel up before the race and pizza to replenish the carbs after.
The kids loved the bouncy house and the "kid zone" for coloring, bubbles and face painting. We also added a kid's fun run/victory lap done either on foot, wheelchair, stroller or even by walker. It was priceless to see each child's face light up as they came through and got to break the yellow ribbon at the finish line. Fun was had by all while raising money to support Marcel's Way and families dealing with a Mitochondrial Disease. Thanks to everyone's support and donations we have raised over $13,000 so far and the money is still coming in!
We were fortunate again to have Jennifer Vaughn, news anchor for WMUR channel 9 TV, do another wonderful story about one of our Marcel's Way families and how they cope with Mitochondrial Disease. The show aired the night before and is posted on their website. Also a complete list of race results is located on coolrunning.com.
A special thank you to this years sponsors: EPIC 4 Health, Minuteman Medical, Inc., RBC Wealth Management, Ride-Away Handicap Equip Corp, and I Will Organization.
As you know, Marcel's Way has been working hard to raise money for the Family Fund, which was developed to help out all of our Mito families in times of need. So far we have been able to award more than $100,000 in grants to families. The money is used to help families pay for medicine, specialized equipment, expenses associated with a hospital stay, physical or speech therapy, handicap accessible van, ramps, elevators and other expenses associated with caring for a family member with a Mitochondrial Disease.
Thank you again for helping us raise awareness, money and hope for the families in our area dealing with Mitochondrial Disease.
Friday August 14, 2009 Fifth Annual Marcel's Way Golf Tournament
Once again The Black Brimmer joined Marcel's Way in sponsoring our golf tournament to raise money and awareness for Marcel's Way and Mitochondrial Disorders. All of us at Marcel's Way thank everyone who participated and helped us to raise over $13,000!
The first scheduled day was rained out (as was most of the summer in NH!) but thankfully our "rain date" was a beautiful, sunny day with over 60 generous golfers, prizes, games, fun and food. After a great round of golf, including a chance to play in a putting contest and a 50-50 hole we all relaxed and cooled down in the Stonebridge Country Club restaurant/bar area. It was a wonderful private party, special dinner, prizes, a silent auction, raffles, and entertainment provided by Stu Sinclair and Never in Vegas.
We at Marcel's Way sincerely thank everyone for helping our worthy cause by donating your time and/or financial support by joining us as a golfer in the tournament, donating money to sponsor a hole or cart, or donating items for our silent auction. We enjoyed working with you to make this year's tournament another successful event! Look for the next golf tournament tentatively scheduled for Monday June 28, 2010.