CMR Team: I am pleased to announce the results for the 1st annual "Mountain of Hope" Swim & Spin-a-thon fundraiser September 12 - 13, 2009 where all proceeds benefited the Marian House Soup Kitchen. As you know, Catholic Charities has been serving the Colorado Springs community since 1968 and has been operating the Marian House Soup kitchen since 1985. In June 2009, the new soup kitchen opened its doors and the number of people coming to them for a hot meal has increased over 40% in just the past 12 months to over 500 a day. The Marian House is the only soup kitchen in the Pikes Peak region that offers a hot meal 365 days of the year.Thank you to the creative organizers on CMR’s DELIGHT team, the tenacious fund-raisers in Aquatics and Fitness, the high-energy Instructors in Fitness, the hard-working mountain-building/bike-hauling/can-toting executers in Operations.. and all those who volunteered their time, money and energy toward this event. I am pleased to say we raised ~$5500 for this wonderful cause.
Special appreciation goes to all those who woke at 4:30am and were there Pushing/Swimming/Spinning/Can-handling for this event in 50 degree temperatures yesterday. Your good work will feed nearly 2000 hungry COS citizens. Thank you all. Laura
P.S. Pushers Princess Jess, The Gracious Athlete, Guns in Tights, Spin Doctor and F.o.N. are featured Pushing for the Cause. However, Colonel Kanders, The Fran, and O.K. all did their share!
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