Come to Noble Park for Two Noble Causes!

Stretch your legs Saturday, April 25, at Noble Park, for two great causes! The 3rd Annual FEAT on the Street 5K Run/Walk to fight autism and the 1st Annual Four Rivers Walk to Cure Diabetes. Here's the scoop:

Saturday, April 25
3rd Annual FEAT on the Street 5K Run/Walk
Noble Park, Shelter 16
8 a.m. Registration
9 a.m. Run/Walk begins
10 a.m. One-Mile Youth Run
featofwesternky.org

It's year three for the FEAT on the Street 5K Run/Walk benefiting the Western Kentucky chapter of Families for Effective Autism Treatment (FEAT) and, this year, for goSoccer, a soccer team for athletes with a physical or mental disability.

Tammi Halvorson and her crew, back from left: Robert, Rosemary and Esprit, the therapy dog. Front, Joseph and, in her lap, Patrick. (Special thanks to Paducah Life and photographer J.T. Crawford for the beautiful photo!)

iList Paducah is a proud sponsor of this year's event, so look for our logo on the T-shirts! And our friends at Rehab Associates Foundation are organizing the race.

FEAT of Western Kentucky was organized in the winter of 2006 by a small group of parents, including the lovely Tammi Halvorson. Check out the story we did on Tammi and the group's work here! Members meet regularly for guidance, support, encouragement and information to facilitate treatment for their children with autism.

Advanced registration $18, race day registration $25, one-mile youth run $5.

Along with Rehab Associates and iList Paducah, other fab sponsors include Best Buy, WPSD Local 6, James Marine, Taco John's, Golden Carrot, Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits, J. Grant King, Attorney At Law, USEC, Hultman, Kentucky Farm Bureau (McCracken Co - Broadway Agency), Paducah Remediation Services, Natural Healing Institute of Western Kentucky, Western Baptist Hospital, Peel & Holland Financial Group, Denton & Keuler, Attorneys At Law, Unlimited Graphics, Vanzant's Wheels & Tires, Paducah Bank, Katie J's, Tea Cookie, RC Beverage Co. and Kohls.

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Saturday, April 25
Four Rivers Walk to Cure Diabetes
Noble Park
1 p.m. Registration
2:30 Walk
jdrf.org

Attend the 1st Four Rivers Walk to Cure Diabetes! The event will raise awareness and funds for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International for use in research that will lead to a cure for diabetes and its complications. JDRF is the leading charitable funder and advocate of Type 1 diabetes research worldwide. To date, the group has provided more than $1.23 billion in direct funding to diabetes research.

Tom and Ashley Shadoan with kids Libby, Parker and Kaki.

This first annual walk for Paducah is coordinated by Ashley and Tom Shadoan, whose son, Parker, 12, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes two years ago. Committee help also comes from parents of children with Type 1 diabetes along with adults affected by this disease and others interested in saving and improving lives.

"We are so grateful to everyone who has already registered, donated, prayed, called, sent notes and sent emails," Ashley says. "We truly appreciate all the time and love everyone has shown Parker and our family with your generosity and support for the 1st Four Rivers Walk to Cure Diabetes."

Donate by check made payable to:

JDRF Kentuckiana
133 Evergreen Rd, Suite 101
Louisville, Ky. 40243
On Memo line: Parker Shadoan/Four Rivers Walk to Cure Diabetes
 
Or, donate online! Select "make a donation" under JDRF Walk, then select the box that says "click here" to donate to a walker. In the boxes on the left of page, type in Parker Shadoan, Parker's Pack, Kentucky. Then click Parker's name and click Donate now.

For more info, call Ashley at 331.3130, or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
 
Sponsors include Davis Drugs Diabetes Shoppe, Westvaco, Credit Bureau Systems, Heritage Bank, Tennessee Valley Authority, Wagner Moving & Storage, Super Valu Foods, Hill's BBQ, Abbott, Frito Lay Chips, White & White, USEC, Focus Group, WPSD TV, Double Q Radio, Lourdes Hospital, Western Baptist Hospital, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Ray Black & Son, FNB Bank McDonald's, Insulet, Roche/AccuChek, MEADWESTVACO, Banterra Bank, Takeda, Regions Bank, Pella and US Bank, CSI, Stone Lange, Milner-Orr Funeral Home, Arch Environmental, Mercy Regional Medical Service, PEPSI, Paducah Water, Luk Nichol's Band, Trent Okerson, Paducah Bank and AmerisourceBergen.
 
The Shadoans hope to raise $50,000 on Saturday, with the help of 500 walkers.

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