“Everybody’s private motto: It’s better to be popular than right.” – Mark Twain
Ear to the ground
THE SIXTH Annual Walk for Honduras will be Aug. 28 at The Pointe Corporate Center on East Brainerd Road. The fundraising event benefits Predisan, a Christian-based medical mission in Honduras.
According to event spokesman Dan Bowers, the organization was founded in Chattanooga.
“Since its inception, the walks have netted more than $1 million in support of Predisan,” he said, noting that teams of volunteers from Chattanooga have traveled at their own expense to the facility in Catacamas, Honduras, for more than a decade.
“Many Chattanoogans have served people in one of the poorest areas in Central America,” Bowers said.
Among those providing medical services are Dr. Tommy Hayes and Dr. Hunter Jennings, both surgeons; Dr. David Musgrave, an anesthesiologist, and Dr. Mark Kappermann and Dr. Daryl Mann, both eye-care professionals, Bowers said.
One of the interesting twists to the visits is a puppet team that includes Chattanooga attorney Mark Warren, stockbroker Jeff Keasler, Chattanooga policeman Daniel Ramsey and UPS driver Carlton Ricketson. This foursome is instrumental in building bridges to schools. (They) often travel deep into the mountains surrounding Catacamas.”
Warren and local investment adviser Larry George serve on the national board for Predisan, which provides the financial support to keep the mission viable, Bowers said.
“This year’s walk will include a festival featuring a silent auction, bake sale, face painting, moonwalk (inflatables), and games for all ages,” he said, noting there would be prizes, as well. “Chick-Fil-A will provide a complimentary breakfast for all registered walkers and J103 (radio) will broadcast live from the walk beginning at 9 a.m.”
Registration and breakfast will begin at 8:30 a.m. the day of the walk, and the walk starts at 9:30 a.m. The cost is $10 per person or $25 per family. “The chirt track is six-tenths of a mile consisting of gently rolling hills and is baby-buggy friendly,” Bowers said.
For more information about the walk, contact event chairwoman Ruby Jean Smith at bsmith02002@comcast.net.
WILDWATER RAFTING’S fourth annual Raft for the Cure will be held Aug. 28 on the Ocoee River. Wildwater rafting will donate a portion of the cost of each rafting trip to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
For more information, contact Jan Beck at 496-2557 or janbeck_99@yahoo.com. The rafting trip will begin at 2 p.m. followed by a reception at 6 p.m.
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