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!