Race Volunteering!

One of my favorite weekend activities is to volunteer at local races.  Not only is it helpful to the community, but it gets me up in the morning AND is a great way to meet other classmates (and upper classmen)!  This Saturday alone I got a free t-shirt, pedometer, measuring cups and more Clif Bars than I could ever eat.  So there are tangible benefits as well!  Saturday was the Step-Out Walk for Diabetes in downtown Cleveland.  Through the Podiatric Association of Diabetes (PAD) a group of about twenty wonderful volunteers signed up!  Sadie Winship and I held down the corner right by the Browns stadium.  While we thought we were pretty excellent traffic controllers, apparently the city of Cleveland disagreed.  After about an hour in, help arrived in the form of two policemen!  I will say that we were “promoted” by a cop by the end of the walk.  We’re still trying to figure out exactly what a promotion entails and whether or not that would get us out of a traffic ticket, but that won’t stop us from bragging about it.

  I encourage everyone to consider volunteering at a race.  All of the clubs are really great resources and so is the AAPSM Race Coordinator - Andrea Mills. 

I would also like to wish a very happy birthday to Sadie who chose to spend hers working the race all day!

 

 

October!

Happy October!  This weekend, a bunch of classmates met up in Brunswick to go to the annual “Pumpkin Village”.  I highly recommend going if you have children.  There were so many activities including hayrides and corn mazes as well as pumpkin and apple picking.  There’s also a slide that claims to be the nation’s largest… which I highly doubt… but it still was a big slide.  For the older crowd there is an Oktoberfest, and even more importantly, a paintball zombie shooting experience. 

My tips:
-get there early (most everything was closing down by 8pm)
-expect large crowds
-buy advance tickets if you want to do the zombie experience
-bring a flashlight
Below: star podiatry pupil Pantano picks out the perfect pumpkin. (talk about some alliteration)

Check out this awesome polka band.  You should have seen Zack Dawson’s moves.

 

 A handful of the gang checking out all the yummy treats we could buy.  I walked away with a half peck of apples!
I hope you all have exciting fall plans! But, of course, keep up the good work studying!