It was a Chicago Marathon no member of Team CdLS will soon forget.
You may have heard about the tremendous heat and confusion on the course as a result. But this past weekend wasn’t just about running a marathon. It was also about a wonderful group of people, many meeting for the first time, coming [...]
Jim Schiwal, aka Hiker Jim to us and Castanets to his fellow Appalachian Trail hikers, completed his 2,174-mile Walk for Alley on September 11–seven months and three days after he hit the trail in Georgia.
Jim (in tuxedo with hiking partner Wing-Heart) has raised more than $2,000 for the Foundation so far, and he expects to [...]
Team CdLS heads to Chicago Sunday, October 7, for the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon. Among the 19 runners (our largest group yet) are 5 relatives of children with CdLS (including 3 parents), a NICU nurse who cared for a baby with the syndrome, a medical student, a graphic designer, and a Pilates instructor.
Team CdLS [...]
We were thrilled to meet Hiker Jim last night as he made his way through Connecticut. As some of you know from previous posts here, Jim has been hiking the Appalachian Trail and raising money ($2,000 to date) and awareness for the Foundation along the way.
Several staff members were able to get together with Jim, [...]
Just a quick update on Hiker Jim, the Georgia man walking the Appalachian Trail raising awareness and money for the Foundation along the way (more than $1,000 to date).
Jim started his journey—dubbed Walk for Alley in honor of a little girl with CdLS in his hometown—in February. He had a string of bad luck at first [...]
