Walk FINAL Details!

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Everything you need to know about this Sunday’s Walk to Cure Diabetes!

Times and Locations | Maps | Important Information | Run-Specific Information | Hashtag! | Food, Beverage, Entertainment and More | Awards | Other Fundraising Opportunities | Not Too Late to Register

It’s Walk & Run Week! We hope that you are excited to receive these final details. We have an amazing event planned for this Sunday, and we know it will be a community celebration to remember! You should find everything you need to know for Sunday in this email. Reach out to us at 210-822-5336 or scentraltexas@jdrf.orgthough if you have any another questions.

TIMES AND LOCATIONS
Base camp is located on the UT Health Science Center San Antonio campus. It will be in front of the Gold’s Gym off of Babcock between Louis Pasteur and Wurzbach. You will see a large JDRF Welcome banner to head towards. If you need an address to plug in, we recommend the Gold’s Gym address:  7431 Merton Minter, San Antonio, TX 78229. Please be sure to look at the attachment in the “maps corner” for parking instructions and a list of parking options.

7:00 AM – PARKING, RUN REGISTRATION, FOOD & ACTIVITIES OPEN!

7:30 AM – WALK REGISTRATION OPENS (Turn in money and pick up a walk t-shirt if you raised over $100)

8:30 AM– 5K RUN START

9:45 AM – 2 MILE WALK START

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MAPS CORNER

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IMPORTANT NOTES

  • The event will be held RAIN or SHINE!
  • Who needs to go to the Registration tent? You only need to go to Registration if you: (1) have money to turn in; (2) you need to get your t-shirts (you get a shirt for every $100 that you raise); or (3) you need to register on Race Day for the Run or pick up your Runner packet (and you will go to the RUN registration tent next to Walk Registration). Registration will also be our “go to” place for lost and found and if you need to report a lost child.
  • Dogs are allowed! We will have doggie stations on the base camp and at each rest stop with water.  Please keep your dog on a leash and be sure to pick up after your dog.  Woof Gang Bakery has generously donated doggie treats as well that can be found at our base camp doggie stations.
  • No balloons are allowed
  • No smoking is allowed on the UT Health Science Center campus
  • There will be plenty of parking available on campus, at surrounding businesses and at the UHS garage, but we do still encourage carpooling if you can…remember to checkout our PARKING GUIDE!
  • Feel free to bring a blanket or stadium seats to make a picnic out of the event!
  • We will have an area on the baseball field where you are welcome to play catch if you bring your own mitts and baseballs.
  • We willl also have an area for pick-up volleyball matches and playing frisbee (JDRF providing volleyballs and frisbees).
  • As tradition goes, we will have our Team T-Shirt Contest again this year! You can find the fence back-stop over by the Food & Beverage tent labeled for FAMILY TEAMS and CORPORATE TEAMS. Judges will choose first, second and third place winners for both FAMILY and CORPORATE teams. We are so excited to see your designs for this year!
  • We have come up with a new way to show the many connections to T1D that bring people out to our event with what we like to call WALK BEADS. You can get your Walk Beads at Walk Central to show why you are participating:
    • BLUE = you have T1D
    • GOLD = parent
    • PURPLE = spouse
    • ORANGE = sibling
    • RED = grand-parent
    • GREEN = relative
    • SILVER = friend

RUN CORNER

All of you runners have clearly already registered, but if you have friends that still want to run, it’s not too late! The cost is still only $35 until this Friday, October 17 at Noon. The only other time you can register after 10/17 is at the Run Registration tent on Race Day 10/19 for $40.

  • RUNNER PACKET PICK UP
    • It is very important to pick up your packet before the Run so that you have (1) your chip-timing device (2) your bib number (3) your awesome tech t-shirt and (4) your other awesome goodies!
      There are TWO pick up options:
    • October 18: 11:00 AM-5:00 PM at Soler’s Sports Jackson Keller Location
      (2589 Jackson Keller Rd, San Antonio, TX 78230)
    • October 19: 7:00-8:00 AM at the Run Registration tent on Race Day
  • Awards given out after the Run will be broken down for both MALES and FEMALES:
    • Ages 1-14
    • Ages 15-19
    • Ages 20-29
    • Ages 30-39
    • Ages 40-49
    • Ages 50-59
    • Ages 60-69
    • Ages 70+
    • Overall 3rd Place
    • Overall 2nd Place
    • Overall 1st Place Winner!

OUR HASHTAG:  #JDRFwalkSATX

We hope that you will share the fun you are having at the Walk & Run on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages! When sharing, please use our hashtag!#JDRFwalkSATX

FOOD & BEVERAGE HIGHLIGHTS

Drinks

  • H-E-B Water
  • H-E-B Quench Fit
  • H-E-B Mootopia
  • Coca-Cola sodas
  • Starbucks (limited quantity)
  • Bill Miller Tea
  • Old Orchard Juice

Breakfast (served starting at 7am)

  • Mama Margie’s Bean and Cheese breakfast tacos (limited quantity)
  • H-E-B Apples
  • H-E-B Bananas
  • Bagel Factory Bagels

Lunch (served starting at 10:30am)

  • H-E-B Hot Dogs
  • H-E-B Chips

Ricos Products will be serving their delicious products out of their tent!

  • Sugar-Free Sno Cones 
  • Pickles
  • Popcorn

ENTERTAINMENT HIGHLIGHTS

Randy Beamer – our EMCEE!

  • Amatuallah Bint-Bey
  • Angel Gonzalez
  • Elora & Gasoline Alley
  • Hoffmann Highsteppers
  • Inishfree School of Irish Dance
  • Josh Rios and DéLa Antunes
  • Medina Valley High School JROTC
  • North East Colts Cheerleaders
  • Sarah and Stephen Pils
  • Semeneya Dance Studio
  • Sith Shadow Council of Texas
  • Star Wars Society
  • Tremain Linson

APPEARANCES HIGHLIGHTS

  • Boerne Champion Highschool Cheerleaders
  • Clark High School Dance Team
  • Diverse Dreams Pageant Queens
  • H-E-Buddy
  • Justice League of San Antonio
  • Lenny The Lion
  • Menchie’s
  • Ricos Man
  • Rufus
  • San Antonio Missions Ballapeno
  • San Antonio Rampage T-Bone
  • Star Wars Society of San Antonio
  • Street Rod Cars

EXHIBITORS HIGHLIGHTS

  • BD
  • Children’s Hospital of San Antonio
  • First Investors
  • H-E-B Healthy Living Booth
  • Level
  • Lilly
  • Lone Star Diabetic Alert Dogs
  • Medtronic
  • NatureSweet
  • OmniPod
  • Roche
  • Sky Meditation
  • State Farm
  • Tandem
  • TrialNet
  • Vision Works

AWARDS

We are so proud of all of you for your fundraising efforts! It is important to us to show you our gratitude for your hard work. We are excited that Team Awards and Golden Sneaker Awards will be given out at the event this year – where we can recognize our fundraisers in front of thousands of people in the San Antonio community!

The fundraising deadline for these awards ended today, but you can still turn in money on October 19 at Registration and that will count towards your individual prize incentive. We will announce Team Awards on stage for those teams who raise $2,500 or more and we will also recognize  Golden Sneaker Awards on stage to those individuals that raise $1,000 or more. Awards for Teams that raise $100-$2,499 will be available for pick-up at Walk Central. No matter your level, we are beyond thankful for how everyone has pulled together this year to do what they can for T1D research!

Please note that the deadline for personal prize incentives is not until December 1. Still plenty of time to raise money for JDRF! Click here to see those prizes you can win for your fundraising.

BE THE CHANGE

We are looking forward to a new fundraising component of our Walk & Run this year called “Be The Change”. There will be collection containers for change (and dollars) at Walk Central, Registration, and a large collection container on stage where we will empty all the earnings to see how much change we can make in one day!

JOE’S CRAB SHACK FUNDRAISER FOLLOWING THE EVENT

Joe’s Crab Shack at 410 and Babcock wants to do a special Give Back Day. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 – after the Walk/Run stop by to support JDRF and dine with your Team (Up to 20% of sales can benefit JDRF) – THIS FLYER IS REQUIRED

NOT TOO LATE TO REGISTER AS A WALKER OR RUNNER!

www.walk.jdrf.org

IMPORTANT DATES – let us know if your Team has any upcoming special events benefiting JDRF for us to include!

  • Team Awards & Golden Sneaker Fundraising Deadline: TODAY! Monday, October 13 at 5PM
  • Chili’s Fundraiser for Team Brandon: October 14 in Hutto, TX
  • California Pizza Kitchen Fundraiser for Team DPT Labs: October 15 ALL DAY at Quarry location – see here for flyer to take in with you!
  • Run Discount #2 ($35) ends: Friday, October 17 at Noon – the only way to register after this time is at the Run Registration tent on Race Day (Oct 19) starting at 7-7:30am for $40.
  • Run Packet Pick Up: Saturday, October 18 from 11am-5pm at the Jackson Keller Soler’s Sports location. Pick up your race packet to avoid the Run Registration tent on Race day!
  • Cash America Sneaker Sales Campaign: Now until October 18
  • WALK & 5K RUN TO CURE DIABETES:  SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 – Parking, registration, food & activities will open at 7am. Run begins at 8:30am. Walk begins at 9:45am. Celebration to follow. Dogs welcome.
  • Joe’s Crab Shack at 410 and Babcock Give Back: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19– after the Walk/Run stop by to support JDRF and dine with your Team (Up to 20% of sales can benefit JDRF) – THIS FLYER IS REQUIRED
  • Diabetes Awareness Month: November – we will have local sneaker sales campaigns to share with you for you to go and support!
  • Walgreen’s Flu Shot Donation Program: Now until November 30 – mention at check-out that you support JDRF and they will give $1 to JDRF!
  • Individual Fundraising Prize Catalogs Deadline: Monday, December 1 (prizes start for those raising a minimum of $200)

IT’S ALMOST A “WRAP”! THANK YOU!

If you have not LIKED our SCTX-JDRF page yet, visit this link and LIKE us today to see fun posts about the Walk & 5K Run! And don’t forget to share your pictures from Walk Day on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages with #JDRFwalkSATX!

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us if you have ANY questions in regards to the Walk & 5K Run to Cure Diabetes.

Here to support you,
JDRF South Central Texas Staff
Shannon, Alexis, Brittney, Kelsey, Kristen, Loran and Tami

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