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Thanks, also, to the teamwork displayed by MDMLG colleagues who stayed after business hours
to turn poster board, paint, duct tape, 6-foot-long sticks, and one person's mental picture of the
finished product into five rather impressive double-sided signs. The 20" x 30" signs--two Ms, one D,
one L, and one G--came to life under the caring hands of Andrea, Audrey, Barb, Carol, Jill,
Misa, and Mary, alias the "tool guy." While the finished letters were seldom, if ever, in left-to-right order,
prior to, and during their progression along Woodward Avenue, the signs did provide unique visibility
for our little group in the vast sea of humanity around us.
Thanks to Jill VanBuskirk for "just-in-time" production of the letter-sized,
photo-enhanced signs, in color, that each member of the MDMLG / Jeannie's Pals team wore on his/her back to indicate the
person(s) being honored in the Race for the Cure for cancer.
Thanks to Pam Young, good friend of MDMLG colleague Jean Brennan, for her
enthusiastic support of the idea for a team walk to continue Jeanne's annual tradition, and for her assistance in
coordinating the Jeannie's Pals half of the team.
A special thanks to Laurie McPhee, Jeanne's neighbor, who offered herself and her house as
a centralized location for distribution of team member packets, and to Suzanne, Marilyn, and others
who served as couriers to distribute packets to other far-flung team members.
To anyone I may not have mentioned, but should have, thank you, too. It was a
challenge to integrate two diverse groups with differing motivations into a single team, and more work than I
envisioned, but, in retrospect, the learning experience and the end result has been worth the effort.
And, I know that Jeanne was pleased that friends and colleagues were planning to support a
worthwhile cause this year in her memory.
Team Captain,
Sandra A. Studebaker, MSLS
sandra.sfna@mindspring.com
(810) 293-0162
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At the conclusion of the sign-making session at Bon Secours
Hospital. Left to right: Barb Platts, Audrey Bondar,
Andrea Rodgers, Carol Attar and Sandra Studebaker.
MDMLG Race For The Cure Team Members gathered at the Millennium
Bell
in Grand Circus Park prior to the start of the Race.
For further information
about the event, you can visit the Detroit
Race For The Cure web page.
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