This past Saturday, Ele’s Place enjoyed a FABULOUS morning at our 3rd Annual Healing Hearts Family 5K Walk/Run! We came together to honor, celebrate and remember those who have died, helped create awareness and raise funds for our peer grief support programs AND helped to ensure our onsite and school-based programs remain FREE OF CHARGE for children, teens and their families who are grieving, for as long as they need.
We are so grateful that Ele’s mom, dad and sister, Betsy, Woody & Beckley Stover were with us! Thank you Stover family for sharing Ele’s beautiful legacy with our community!
❤ 2023 AWARD RECOGNITIONS ❤
❤ Fastest overall 5K time – Female: Nancy Boyd
❤ Fastest overall 5K time – Male: Wyatt Smith
❤ Largest TEAM: Evangelista & Associates
❤❤ THANK YOU to ALL of our GENEROUS SPONSORS! We are SO grateful for their generosity and support! WE give a HUGE shout-out to our:
❤ PRESENTING SPONSOR: Thomson Reuters
❤ GOLD SPONSORS: Bank of Ann Arbor, Hylant, McKinley Properties, Merrill A Bank of America Company – Mueting Lyczak Group and Old National Bank
❤ UNDERWRITING SPONSORS: Athletico Physical Therapy and Enspire Dental
❤ SILVER SPONSORS: Acoustic Ceiling & Partition, Aven, Inc., Blossom Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics, Nie Family Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc., Varnum Law and Wacker Chemical
❤ BRONZE SPONSORS: Blue Zone Spaces, Gym America, Kelly Orthodontics, Mandy Tousa & Cassie McCarthy at Cornerstone Real Estate, The Maly & Matte Family, Menlo Innovations, Reach Bodywork Studio and Two Men & A Truck
❤ BIG THANK YOUS to: Thomson Reuters for hosting our Walk/Run at their Ann Arbor Campus; Absopure for hydrating our runners, walkers, strollers, volunteers & cheer-ers; Athletico for the stretching tent; DJ Nicole Myint for the music vibes; Wolverines Trooper – “Blasty” for cheering everyone on; Taybor Pepper & Haley Williams for joining us (we can’t wait for the Ele’s Place “My Cause, My Cleats” to travel to all of our branches in MI!!); HAIL! Impact Team & University of Michigan Hockey Student-Athletes; Jason Bigelow of Rotpac Racing for the chip race timing; Kristen Lake for working the first aid tent; and, Jeremy McGrew & Rebecca Hullstrung photographing our amazing event!
❤ THANK YOU to our VOLUNTEERS! We rely on volunteers to assist with our support groups, operations and fundraising events. We could NOT do what we do, without our AMAZING volunteers!
❤ THANK YOU to our Ele’s Place Ann Arbor STAFF and COMMUNITY BOARD! Thank you for always stepping up and leading the charge!
AND…❤ A SPECIAL THANK YOU to everyone who participated in our event…current and former Ele’s Place families, walkers, runners, “strollers”, cheer-ers and community supporters! You are all WONDERFUL!
Were you unable to attend the Healing Hearts Family 5K Walk/Run, but want to support the children, teens and families who are grieving in Ann Arbor, and the surrounding southeast Michigan area? PLEASE click on the button below to make a secure online donation today!
