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Miami Country Day School Walk for Cancer - Miami Shores, FL

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Real Estate Agent with Majestic Properties 3061802

The goal for this year's Miami Country Day School Walk for Cancer  was $50,000.  As of the preliminary tally, Miami Country Day School had raised over

$112,000!!! 

Can we say wow!  I was helping The Heidi Hewes Woman's Cancer Association with the counting of the money and we all had goose bumps!

Those kids worked so hard and everyone should be so proud!  You could hear the kids cheering in the loud-speaker "Do it for Harry!"  The walk this year is dedicated to Harry Greenberg, a senior at MCDS who has recently lost his leg to cancer.

To think that all that money will go towards cancer research and to the efforts of finding the cure.  My hat goes off to everyone involved.

CONGRATULATIONS MIAMI COUNTRY DAY!!

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Here you can see the students hard at work filling out sponsor sheets and collecting money.

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Heidi Hewes' members counting money for preliminary tally

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The Head of Miami Country Day, Dr. John Davies, promised to shave his head if the students met their $50,000 goal.

Not only did they meet their goal, but they more than doubled it!

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN MIAMI COUNTRY DAY!

**take a look at The Miami Herald's photos from today**

Comments(24)

George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert
Ines, that is amazing.  You, the kids and everyone else involved should truly be proud of what all of you have accomplished.
Oct 27, 2007 02:34 PM
Rick & Ines - Miami Beach Real Estate
Majestic Properties - Miami Beach, FL

Desiree- we really had goosebumps every-time we would re-tally the amounts.....unbelievable event and proud to have been there to experience it.

George - as long as we keep trying to find a cure for this horrible disease that affects so many of us - I will certainly keep doing my part.

Oct 27, 2007 02:39 PM
Aziz Abdur-Raoof
RE/MAX Rewards - Columbia, MD
Howard Co. Real Estate Scoop
Wow -- that's awesome -2x your goal!
Oct 27, 2007 03:38 PM
Lisa Hill
Florida Property Experts - Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Beach Real Estate
Good job! And those are some pretty cool photos on the Miami Herald link =)
Oct 27, 2007 03:56 PM
Rick & Ines - Miami Beach Real Estate
Majestic Properties - Miami Beach, FL

Aziz - pretty amazing!! and funny how the principal ended up shaving his head!

Lisa - the photo of Harry on the back of the pick up truck with the huge smile will remain engraved in my memories forever - we have a lot to learn from that young man.

Oct 27, 2007 04:09 PM
Matthew J Blum - (retired from the business)
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Ines, WOW.. How great is that.  I really enjoy good news!  It is wonderful to see the community come out and support a great charity
Oct 28, 2007 03:15 AM
Boomer Jack Boardman & Carl McIntyre, the Codgers
Noted Curmudgeons - Saint Paul, MN

Yee-Haw!!! Can I say that on a blog?

Jay

Oct 28, 2007 03:15 AM
Diane Aurit
LKN Realty, LLC - Mooresville, NC
Lake Norman Real Estate
Ines, what an impressive event.  This has been a remarkable morning...I have read one inspirational post after another...yours fits perfectly!
Oct 28, 2007 04:18 AM
Lynda Eisenmann
Preferred Home Brokers - Brea, CA
Broker Associate ,CRS,GRI,SRES, Brea,CA, Orange Co

Ines,

Congrats, together you've all accomplished so much! It's also such a great life-lesson for the kids, giving back to others.

Oct 28, 2007 04:55 AM
Rick & Ines - Miami Beach Real Estate
Majestic Properties - Miami Beach, FL

Matt - I totally agree - it was a great event with unbelievable community participation!

Jay - of course you can!! : )

Diane - thank you!! : )  I was inspired by being there!

Lynda - kids getting involved is extremely rewarding and a great lesson for sure!

Oct 28, 2007 09:02 AM
Debbie Cook
Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc - Silver Spring, MD
Silver Spring and Takoma Park Maryland Real Estate
That is Awesome and unbelievable how far over the goal you got!!! Congratulations! Good Job! I'm thinking pink all over the place! This cancer may be a thing of the past soon - thanks to people like you and those children!
Oct 28, 2007 09:45 AM
Cyndee Haydon
Charles Rutenberg Realty - Clearwater, FL
727-710-8035 Clearwater, Beach Short Sales Luxury Condos &Homes
Ines - Congrats on the successful event and the ability to help even more people - thanks for sharing. :-)
Oct 30, 2007 03:51 AM
Nick M.
Certified Residential Appraiser- West Palm Beach Real Estate - West Palm Beach, FL
Realtor-Appraiser in West Palm-South Florida Real Estate Appraiser

Ines, that is an outstanding achievement!!!  I LOVE to hear that it went so well!!  More power to the gentle humanitarian spirit!!  hip hip Horrraaaayy!

I'm still stuck at $1200.  but never fear, where there is a will there is a way.. and the way will reveal itself ! :)

Oct 30, 2007 08:00 AM
Rick & Ines - Miami Beach Real Estate
Majestic Properties - Miami Beach, FL

Cyndee - thank you!  pretty amazing, huh?  Those kids worked super hard.

Sticky Nicky - there is power in numbers, no doubt about it.  To think the same walk a few years ago started out with a little over $1,000 in contributions and they collected over $112,000 is truly commendable.

Oct 30, 2007 10:58 AM
Bob Carney
Taylor-Made Deep Creek Vacations & Sales - Mc Henry, MD
Licensed MD/PA Real Estate Agent
AWESOME JOB!!!!  We are going out to recruit a few more school teams this year.  We had about 9 teams last year.
Oct 30, 2007 01:43 PM
Rick & Ines - Miami Beach Real Estate
Majestic Properties - Miami Beach, FL
Bob - that's a great idea to recruit schools for Relay for Life.  This one is a little different because this school started the Cancer Walk all on their own a few years ago.  This is one single school with outstanding effort and results and they picked our local cancer association (Heidi Hewes Chapter of the WCA of the University of Miami) to donate the funds to.....ultimately it all goes to the same place.
Oct 31, 2007 02:04 AM
Neal Bloom
Brokered by eXp Realty LLC - Weston, FL
Realtor CRS-Weston FL Real Estate
Nice of you guys to participate for a good cause. They look like there was a lot of effort there!
Nov 01, 2007 09:51 AM
Rick & Ines - Miami Beach Real Estate
Majestic Properties - Miami Beach, FL
Neal - we were innocent bystanders watching the effort by the kids......it was pretty amazing!  It was THEIR event and they handled it beautifully.
Nov 02, 2007 03:41 PM
Gary Bolen
McCall Realty - South Lake Tahoe, CA
CRS - Lake Tahoe Real Estate Information

We just stopped by to visit after voting on your Posh'd thing for you. Congrats on getting there too. Think somehow BB led the way.

An impressive number above for fund raising for a local event like that.

Cheers 

 

Nov 03, 2007 12:57 PM
Rick & Ines - Miami Beach Real Estate
Majestic Properties - Miami Beach, FL
Hi Gary - thanks for the vote, I also voted for yours (of course).  I totally agree about the "impressive number".......it was an unbelievable effort.
Nov 04, 2007 12:45 AM