Friday, December 12, 2008
Colts and Turkeys
I’m sorry I have neglected keeping up with the blog. We have had a lot going on here at Wheeler. On November 25th some of the Colt’s players and Blue came to serve lunch at our Lighthouse Center. They also presented a check to Wheeler as part of their Thanksgiving outreach. We are thankful for the support that the Colts organization gives to the ministries here at Wheeler.
Blue washing dishes.
Melvin Bullitt, Tyjuan Hagler, Rick Alvis, Freddy Keiaho and Steve Justice at Wheeler’s Lighthouse Center. 
Melvin Bullitt serving the homeless at Wheeler’s Lighthouse Center. We also had our 6th Annual Drumstick Dash on Thanksgiving morning – a 4 ½ mile run/walk through Broad Ripple Village which benefits Wheeler Mission Ministries. Over 7,000 people participated in the event this year, which also included a shorter course of 2.4 miles and a costume contest. Mayor Greg Ballard said a few words to the participants and got them started. WTHR, Channel 13 Sports Director, Dave Calabro had the opening prayer. It was a site to see 7,000 plus runners/walkers from all over the country run by.
Just part of the 7,000+ participants at the start line.
Gerry Gobbler trying to make his way through the crowd to the start line!
He made it! 
And they’re off! 
Costume Contest participants: Banana, Mashed Potatoes, Cook, Cornucopia, Pilgrim, Pumpkin Pie, and Turkey.We also had our first annual Media Challenge at the Drumstick Dash. Mary Milz from WTHR, Paul Poteet with WRTV6, Zach Myers of FOX59, and Jeané Coakley with WISH TV8 all competed for the bragging rights and the trophy. Jeané Coakley was the winner this year and will have her name and station put on the traveling trophy. If you watched the news on channel 8 that evening I’m sure you saw the trophy as Jeané proudly displayed it on the news desk. Congratulations Jeané and WISH!
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Me, Jeané Coakley with trophy, Steve Kerr and Jerry Gobbler.The kids look forward to the Lil Gobblers Run at the end of the race. Over 70 kids from toddlers to age 10 participated. We had some real competitors in the bunch!
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Jerry Gobbler and Lil Gobblers race to the finish.As you can see it was a fun day. Thank you to all our sponsors, participants and volunteers who made the day a success. If you participated please post a comment and tell us about your experience. We’d love to hear about the event from your point of view.
Rick
Labels: Drumstick Dash, Holidays
