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GEF Jamboree

Gilchrist Educational Foundation

You are cordially invited to attend “The GEF Jamboree” on Friday April 17th, 2009.  The jamboree features live bluegrass music by Homespun.  This fun evening will also include a barbecue dinner and live and silent auctions.  All proceeds go to benefit the Gilchrist Educational Foundation, which provides scholarship assistance to students attending North Brevard Christian Schools.

The cost of the evening is only $20 per person for general seating, or $180 for a premium reserved table for six.  Auction preview starts at 6:00pm with dinner at 6:30pm. Dress is casual, or impress us with your finest Western wear!

Auction items include, Disney park-hopper passes, Cessna plane ride, Sea World tickets, Handmade jewelry, Deep-sea fishing trip, Certificates to restaurants, gift baskets, Cocoa Village Playhouse season tickets and much, much more!

RSVP by mail is REQUIRED. Email Sam with your name and address if you would like an invitation mailed directly to you.

Hope to see everyone there!

To learn more about GEF go to http://www.gilchristfoundation.org

GEF Light the Way 5K

The Gilchrist Educational Foundation had about 300 runners and walkers in their 2nd annual Light the Way 5K race this morning. The weather was cool and foggy which made it very nice for running. I walked the 5K rather briskly while pushing both boys in the stroller and “Team Leucht” completed it in about 46 and a half minutes I’m happy with that time since it was about 5 minutes faster than my walking time in last year’s race.
Complete race results can be found here at the Running Zone website (link no longer works).

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Run (or walk) for a good cause!

Attention anyone who lives in East-Central Florida! The Gilchrist Education Foundation (GEF) will be hosting the 2nd annual Light the Way 5K. If you are not familiar with GEF, it is a non-profit foundation that raises money to provide scholarships to children who desire to attend Christian schools in North Brevard County.

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.Light the Way 5K logo

The date for the race is January 19, 2008. This event is a run/walk event and even though it is a part of the Titusville race series, GEF considers it a family event and goes out of their way to make it a great time for both adults and little ones. So if you can’t run, come out and walk with your family. Mark your calendars and invite your friends and family to join you. I wrote about our family’s great experience at the 1st annual Light the Way 5K earlier this year on leucht.com and also included a couple photos from the event:

.Leucht family blog entry from 2007 race

If you are the one saying, “I can’t run or walk 5K” then there are other ways that you can help. The race committee is in need of 20-25 volunteers for the day of the race. They need help with parking, water stations, registration, etc. So if you are not interested in running/walking, but would be available to help on the day of the race, please contact myself or Samantha using the “email us” form on this website!

There is an additional way that runners and walkers can help raise more funds this year, by getting friends, co-workers and family members to sponsor you in the race. Although it is not required, it is a simple way to raise an extra $10, $15, $25 or let’s think big $100 for the foundation. The sponsor form can be downloaded from the GEF website.

All of the race and registration information can be found on the web at www.gilchristfoundation.org So don’t delay… sign up today!!!