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Thanksgiving morning, San Jose, CA

By Lottie Kendall

Real Estate Agent with Compass CA DRE# 01215160

November 27, 2009 01:12 AM

Thanksgiving Day -- family, food, fun. Time to reflect on our bounties. Time to share with others.

Participating in the 5th annual Silicon Valley Turkey Trot was a wonderful way to start the day. To date, this event has raised over $750,000 for charities, including the Santa Clara County Family Health Foundation, the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County, and Second Harvest Food Bank. 9500 participants were expected this year (our bibb numbers were 10,732 & 10,733), so the funds will increase.

How wonderful to be able to share a beautiful day, in a lovely city, in the company of happy, generous people.

starting line, Silicon Valley Turkey Trot, 11.26.09

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Kathryn Acciari

Central One Federal Credit Union - Shrewsbury, MA

Mortgage Loan Originator

Lottie, in the town where I grew up, Turkey Trots were common. Where I currently live, you have to travel closer to Boston to participate in a Turkey Trot. They are wonderful community events.

Nov 29, 2009 12:27 AM

Deena Cottingham

GreenApple Staging & Images, Calgary Staging & Photography - Calgary, AB

Home Stager & Photographer

Sounds like a great way to start Thanksgiving! Hope you enjoyed the rest of the day, as well. All the best for the upcoming holidays, too.

Nov 30, 2009 02:47 AM

Kathy Clulow

Uxbridge, ON

Trusted For Experience - Respected For Results

Lottie - WOW - looks like there was great support for your walk ... It's great that even in hard times there is still support for good causes

Nov 30, 2009 05:26 AM

Lottie Kendall

Compass - San Francisco, CA

Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

Hi Deena and Kathy -- thanks for your notes. Community events are great -- here's a snippet about the end results from the SV Turkey Trot web site (bolding is mine):

"We are thankful to the 11,000 people who registered for this year's Applied Materials "Silicon Valley Turkey Trot" on Thanksgiving morning! The tremendous support of all who participated, including the 650 dedicated community volunteers, allow us to make a significant impact in providing health, hope and a home to those in need in our community. Thanks to your generosity, we believe we will be able to donate nearly $300,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank, the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County, and the Children's Health Initiative.
We feel blessed to live and work in a community so willing to give!"

Have an awesome day!

Nov 30, 2009 05:45 AM

Al & Peggy Cunningham, Brokers

RE/MAX West Realty Inc., Brokerage - Brampton, ON

Our Family Wants To Help Your Family!

You're right Lottie what a great kick off for Thanksgiving 11,000 that is a lot of giving people! Congratulations on raising the almost $300,000 for such a deserving cause.

Dec 04, 2009 07:10 AM

Stephen Kappre

KW Hometown - Mantua, NJ

Helping You Home

That's a lot of people, and a lot of money! Great stuff!

Dec 10, 2009 02:42 AM

Al and Peggy - it was a great kick off to a good day. LOVE your Santa hats.

And Steve--you're in the spirit, too. (I think you wrote a blog about adding holiday cheer to our AR pics, right? Really cute--I'm enjoying them.

Dec 10, 2009 02:49 PM

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