Walking for a Cause

This past Saturday was the Charity Of Your Choice Walk in Telfair (a neighborhood in Sugar Land). I work for TelfairLife, which is a non-profit that plans events and coordinates community in Telfair. For this annual event I had a huge part as the Volunteer Coordinator. The event was a success despite the morning rain. All were glad that the walkers were given ponchos in their goodie bags!

The unique element about this event is that your registration fee of $25 goes directly to one of the 14 different charities represented. People can form a team of walkers and raise additional money for the charity of their choice. This year charities involved were Brazos Bend Guardianship Services, Child Advocates of Fort Bend, Fort Bend Family Promise, Fort Bend Community Partners Rainbow Room, Arc of Fort Bend, Pregnancy Resource Center of Fort Bend, Fort Bend Regional Council of Substance Abuse, Asians Against Domestic Abuse, Fort Bend Education Foundation, Fort Bend Habitat for Humanity, National Alliance on Mental Illness Fort Bend, Second Mile Mission Center, East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry and Shape Up Sugar Land.

Over 600 walkers showed up to walk the 5k trail around the lake in Telfair on Saturday and over $60,000 was given away to all the charities.

It was neat to be behind the scenes and help plan this event that gives to people beyond the day of the event.