CINCINNATI — Completing an 180-mile walk across southern Ohio, a hardy band of credit union "marchers" for Children's Miracle Network were on the final three-mile leg of their off-beat journey Thursday "overjoyed" at topping a $75,000 fundraising goal.
"We're pretty happy now," said Bill Butler, the organizer of the "Marching Miles for Miracle Kids" project which started April 1 at a children's hospital near Columbus and is slated to wind up with speeches and a check presentation later today at the Duke Energy Center, site of the Ohio Credit Union System's annual convention.
From both the 150 CEOs, volunteers and CU employees who took part in the daily walk-a-thon and from online donations, the "Marching Miles" project has raised $81,000, said Butler, president/CEO of Ohio Healthcare FCU in Dublin.
Recommended For You
A check for that amount will be given to little Hannah Stoll, the "Ohio Champion" for CMN by Douglas Fecher, system chairman and president/CEO of Wright-Patt CU of Fairborn.
Butler, who did 25 miles of the Columbus-to-Cincinnati march "and now my right foot is talking to me," said the Thursday contingent of marchers made its way last night from Hamilton County Schools FCU to the Cincinnati Children's Hospital "and we're ready to do the last three miles to the convention hall today." About 50 marchers were expected for that.
© Touchpoint Markets, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more inforrmation visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
