We Have a Challenge!

We now have a friendly competition going on between our Fredericksburg Arthritis Walk and the Charlottesville Arthritis Walk. It is time to put our Fredericksburg-area pride into action.

I met my friend Amy Shifflett at a regional Arthritis Walk training event yesterday. We discovered that our walks raised similar amounts last year and that we are both planning to make huge increases this year. Why not have a friendly competition to add an additional incentive to both walks? There won't really be a loser if it helps raise additional funds and awareness for the Arthritis Foundation.

The team to raise $35,000 first will be the winner of the competition. What does the team win? The Chairs of the "losing" team will buy ice cream for the "winning" team.

We are already hard at work to make the Fredericksburg Arthritis Walk a success. I am now excited about the possibility of us having an ice cream social, compliments of the Charlottesville team.

Keep up the great work and "can do" attitude.