Letter to the Editor

Dear editor,

I needed to make an addition to our list of corporate sponsors for the 2008 Eisenhower Marathon. La Fiesta Mexican Restaurant joined our corporate sponsor list right after the news article had been sent in for the marathon. We’re delighted for their support of our event!

Volunteers will soon be calling area businesses to solicit support for prizes given at the marathon and other runner needs. We hope most business owners were able to read Thursday’s article in the Reflector Chronicle describing the Eisenhower Marathon and benefits it brings to our community—the largest of which is bringing runner dollars into Dickinson County from across the United States.

The marathon through the years has had runners from every state in the United States but three—Delaware, New Hampshire and West Virginia being the only ones not represented yet. We will have at least one participant from Canada in 2008 and several foreign-born individuals are running again this year.

The profit from those runner dollars is then part of what is given to many of our local nonprofit organizations to help children and families in need countywide.

What a win-win situation! Dollars brought in from across the United States…motels, gas stations, restaurants and other stores increase business at a time of the year that is quite often not a busy tourist time…profits help families and individuals in need.
It’ a really fun event to coordinate and many, many thanks are always due the tremendous volunteers who participate. Would you like to join in on volunteer activities? Call me at 263-3474.

June Viola DeWeese, event coordinator for Viola Family Foundation’s Eisenhower Marathon