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The 9th Annual Walk was held on September 26th, 2009 at Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine We were proud to have yet another record-breaking year with our 9th annual Walk! The 9th annual Walk took place, as always, in Grapevine, Texas, starting from Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine, at 1650 W. College Road. The Walk/Run coincided with the Texas Legislature's resolutions declaring September as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in Texas. Although final figures are still being tallied from registrations on the day of the event, we already know there was a record in total participants, number of teams, and donations! All who were involved truly helped make a difference in ovarian cancer awareness in the DFW metroplex! To see photographs and prize winners from the 2009 Walk to Break the Silence on Ovarian Cancer, click here. To see photographs and prize winners from the 2008 Walk to Break the Silence on Ovarian Cancer, click here. To see photographs and prize winners from the 2007 Walk For the Whisper, click here. To see photographs and prize winners from the 2006 Walk For the Whisper, click here. To see photographs and prize winners from the 2005 Walk For the Whisper, click here. To see photographs and prize winners from the 2004 Walk For the Whisper, click here. PHOTOGRAPHS: We had a wonderful professional photographer at the website helping us out - Colin McCall from McCall Photography. You can see all his photos on his website. They can be found under "featured galleries" at his website at www.mccall-photography.com. Thank you, Colin, for doing this for us! SPONSORS: A very big thank you to our sponsors, without whom we could not do this. A particularly big thank you goes out to Fun Factory Events for providing the tents, tables, banners, signs, start/finish line, etc - as always they outdid themselves and helped make this a truly spectacular event site! And they also had one of the large teams there! And a big thank you to Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine for once again allowing us to use their facility as our event location and providing us such tremendous support throughout the event. They provided storage areas, security, muffins, water - and had a team there! Of course, a very big thank you goes out to WFAA-TV8! They provided us PSAs that were played on Channel 8, during great time slots, throughout September. This not only was great for our event but more importantly this was a huge, huge awareness opportunity. Think of how many people saw those! We really appreciate Anita Bass and Stephanie Wilcox for helping pull this together for us at WFAA, and a very big thank you to WFAA! Additional sponsors to thank - all of whom were crucial to the success of our event: Tom Thumb Stevens Financial Group A-1 Lighting and Sound Texas Oncology Tom and Elaine Hildebrand McIlvain Associates www.OvarianCancerAwarenessSite.com Jamba Juice Starbucks Einstein Bagel Frito Lay Southlake Jazzercize Jason's Deli Grapevine Golf Carts Spring Wellness Massage coca Cola Butt Sketch Artist US Food Service Live Wire Special Events Creative Greenery of Dallas Be sure to check out our Sponsors Page to see the many companies and individuals who sponsored us. We greatly appreciate all their support! VOLUNTEERS: Of course, this event would not be possible without all the individuals who helped put it together and on the actual day of the event. It is impossible to name everyone, but some particular ones must be recognized for all the work they put into this! Our Walk Director this year was, for the second year, Johnna McClure. Johnna not only brings professional experience, tremendous organization, and dedication to her role but is also a survivor herself so she brings a level of passion to the cause that is unmatched. She deserves a huge thanks from everyone for all that she did! Our Chapter Coordinator, Allison Osburn, put in many, many hours over the last year and particularly during the last couple of months. We would be lost without Allison! The Team Leader, Jennifer Williams, not only put together all the teams, which is a huge chore by itself, but also took that team component to a new level this year with a huge increase in the number of teams. And while doing all of that she also assisted her mother, Johnna, on all aspects of the event! Thanks to Runnin' On Faith for not only providing us our Emcees but also for doing a wonderful job during the Survivor Recognition, as usual! Ni Guttenfelder and Natalie Raelthorn worked diligently soliciting the donations for the door prizes - thanks to both of them for a great job! Lorri Hill was new to us and did a fantastic job pulling in volunteers for the day of the event! Thanks to both the YMSL (Young Men's Service League) and the NCL (National Charities League) for providing so many of our event volunteers on the day of the event! Thanks to our sound system operator, A-1 Lighting & Sound and Buddy! Thanks to all the family and friends who worked so hard, showing up at 5:30am and staying late to clean up. We cannot say enough how much we appreciate all our volunteers!! For all the volunteers involved - THANK YOU!!! DONATIONS ONLINE: Although the Walk is over you can continue to make donations either by mail or online: You can make a general donation online by going to our online website at Kintera. The site is www.nocc.kintera.org/DFW. On this page you can just click on the teal General Donation button to make a donation, or use the links in the navigation bar on the left side. TEAM AWARDS: This year congratulations for both the Largest Team Award and the Largest Team Donation Award goes to the same team - Kathy's Crew! They did a tremendous job in loving memory of Kathy Schellenger. Other teams also did a tremendous job in bringing in donations and large groups - even after the award deadline they all continued to work at helping to make a difference. Some of the standout groups were The Knockouts, Second Chance, and Donna's Spirit Warriors. All the teams did a wonderful job of helping to make a difference. By creating teams and recruiting friends and co-workers who might not otherwise have known about the event, each team helped to spread the awareness out further! RACE AWARDS: Overall Ovarian Cancer Survivors: 1st Place: Gina Dayton 2nd Place: Lisa Rabb 3rd Place: Stephanie Bowerman Overall Women: 1st Place: Aly Nielson 2nd Place: Melissa Eichenseer 3rd Place: Diane Marbut Overall Men: 1st Place: Lee Roskop 2nd Place: Jake Amos 3rd Place: Felex Pararta