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Still Time to Register!
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Join us for the 2015
Vermont Respite House
5K Fun Run & Jiggety Jog
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Registration and Check in: 8 am
Run starts at 9 am
at Allen Brook School, Williston, VT
Run, walk, jog, stroll, hula hoop and bike with the VNA in this annual fundraising event which allows us to raise money for Vermont's Medicare-certified home-away-from-home for people with a terminal illness while also honoring loved ones who have died.
Registration is now open!
 Registration is $20. You can also set up a fundraising page for yourself or you and a team and encourage family and friends to pledge. Your registration fee of $20 will go towards your fundraising goal.
Raise $100 in pledges and receive a Fun Run T-shirt. Individuals and teams who raise over $1,000 will become members of the Jiggety Jog Club and will be honored at the ceremony following the run.
Learn more about the Vermont Respite House and the 5K Fun Run & Jiggety Jog by visiting www.vnacares.org/run or call Crystal Vendrell, Special Events Coordinator, at 802 860-4435.
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Running for Gramma Pat!
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Rachel Drew remembers the feeling she had the first time she walked into the VNA Vermont Respite House to visit her Gramma Pat. "It was like walking into a living room. It put me at ease and it made me feel very comfortable."
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| | Lisa and Don Bruce cheer on their daughter, Rachel Drew, at the 2014 Fun Run. |
Patricia Buckler (Gramma Pat) had been living at the Pines Senior Living Community in South Burlington when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, and later, a massive brain tumor. Her care needs were too great to stay at home. A case manager at the hospital told her family about the Respite House.
"Gramma Pat was given incredible, compassionate care at Vermont Respite House. We will forever be grateful for what they did for Gramma Pat and for our family," says Rachel.
On May 9, Rachel is doing her part to give back by running in the Vermont Respite House 5K Fun Run and Jiggety Jog. Every dollar raised will support the care of residents with terminal illness and their families. (Visit www.vnacares.org/run for online registration or to sponsor a participant).
This will be Rachel's second year participating in this annual family-friendly event. This year the Fun Run falls on her 29th birthday. She can't think of a better way to celebrate and to honor Gramma Pat.
"It's such a positive event and a really uplifting atmosphere with wonderful volunteers," Rachel shares. "This is a cause very close to my whole family's heart. I'll be participating as long as I live in the area."
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Sincerely,
Your VNA
Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties
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