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TS Alliance Walk-A-Thon
On Saturday, May 13th 2006 - The Rothberg Institute hosted a
Step Forward walk to raise money for the TS Alliance. Starting
on the Marina across the street from the Institute, the 5K walk went to the town
green, around the town center and returned to the Institute where everyone enjoyed a free picnic, music, door prizes and children's games.
In a small miracle of meteorology, Mother Nature provided a tiny flashlight of sun and a clear blue sky for just Guilford amid more than a week of rain locally, with flooding throughout New England. We expected a washout - instead we had bountiful sunhine.
In all we had over 150 brave volunteer walkers who defied the odds for tunderstorms. Together, we raised more than $52,000 with some donations still coming in. Not only did we raise critical funding to help
families with TS, but also heightened community awareness of both
the Institute and TSC. Our now annual event brings together many families with TSC
& proves that this may be an orphan disease, but it has a
face and a name as well. For additional donations, please see
our website at justgiving.com
Here are some photos of our event:
Additionally, we would like to thank the following sponsors for
all their contributions
Monetary Donations
Affymetrix
Agilent Technologies
Aldridge, Thomas and Linda
Brand-Nu Labs
Bishop’s Orchards
Café Grounded
Culinary Concerts
DePietro Family Farm
ESL Network Services
Gribbins, Juliana
Jim Wrynn Painting Contractor
Kaoud Brothers Oriental Rugs
Kirshenbaum, William and Dawn
Kiwanis Club of the Shoreline
Konica Minolta Business Solutions
Land Rover
Laticrete International, Inc.
Michael G. Merlini, Family Dental Care
Milano Development Corp.
New Haven Police Emerald Society
Page, Linda
Pawson Insurance Group
Petra Construction
Piscitelli, Joe
Piscitelli, Patti-Brill
Rafati, Mohamad & Christine Bologna
Rothberg, Henry & Lillian
Rothberg-Molinari, Irene
Sanitary Maintenance
Sullivan, Melissa
Tower Laboratories
WB Mason
Webster Bank |
Food & Supplies
Anna's Temptations
Anthony’s of Guilford
Big Y Supermarket
Boss Pizza
C & C Pizza
Coffee Connection
Diversified Vending
Forte’s Market
Guilford Gourmet Bagel
Guilford Moorings
Little Stone House
Maritime Grille
Meriano’s Bake Shoppe
Naples Restaurant
Rio Grande
Shaw’s
Shoreline Diner
Som Siam
The Little Store
Wendy’s of Guilford
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Characters and Costumes
Guilford Library
H. Pearce Realty
Handy House
Happy Days Vending
Lion's Club
Pam Johnson - Shore Publishing Newspapers
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Gifts & Prizes
Ashley’s Ice Cream
Bob’s Bottle Shop
Breakwater Books
Brendan Loughlin
Bully Dog Bikes
Café Grounded
Cilantro’s
Crystal Hanger
Fleishmann's
Flutterby
Foodworks
Frank's Package Store
Guilford Food Center
Guilford Sporting Goods
Imagine
Lasses & Lads
Lobster Pound
Martin’s on the Green
Mary Lou Fischer Gallery
Michael’s Jewelers
NerdsToGo
Shore TV
The Purple Bear
Vera Wolfe
Village Chocolatier
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Further, we are honored to have WTNH Channel 8 Chief Meteorologist and Hartford Courant columnist Mel
Goldstein, better known to his viewers and readers as "Dr. Mel," on hand supporting us today while we fight to cure TSC. Thank You Dr. Mel!
Finally, we were also honored to have Wendy Steele of Connecticut’s Country Station WWYZ
Country 92.5 & the Rewards Team supporting our walkers with entertainment and Prizes! Thank You All!
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