Marathon Weekend Reminders & Update

Just wanted to update the "local" phone number for the hotel. For any of you have tried to make reservations using the 1-800 number I had listed, I apologize for any problems you may have run across trying to get to Eric. Try this number.... 901-381-0085. That is the direct local number for Fairfield Inn & Suites, 8489 Hwy 64, Memphis, TN. Our block of rooms at our discounted rate will be held until Nov. 5, 2008 and they are first come first serve, so don't hesitate on confirming your reservation. Ask for Eric when calling in and make sure you let him know you are with Team Ethan, St Jude Marathon Weekend.

Also, thank you for your wonderful response on the t-shirt orders. It is an awesome design and I, for one, will be so proud and honored to wear it on race day and any other day of the year too! If you have not seen the design or had an opportunity to order yours yet, go back to August 24th post and you can see the shirt and the ways to order your shirt. Even if you will not be able to come to Memphis for the Marathon weekend, please consider ordering a shirt to wear on that day and be an honorary Team Ethan member. 100% of the profit from the t-shirts will go to St Jude. This is an opportunity for you to help out St Jude as well as Team Ethan. Thank you, keep those orders coming in. The deadline on t-shirt orders is October 31, 2008. There will be one order placed, shirts will be shipped back out to you around November 15, 2008. There are no plans for additional orders after this date. Don't miss out!

Another reminder, the private Team Ethan tour of St Jude Hospital. This is a big deal to get this on that particular weekend!!! We are very lucky to get this set up, so if you would like to get the VIP tour, please go back and read that post for details on how you can be a part of that.

One last reminder for now, please keep in mind when making travel arrangements to include time to go downtown to pick up your registration packets. For you first time runners/walkers, there is a chip included in these packets that you MUST attach to your shoe before you start the race event.

All of the info here today in already on past post, but we just wanted to remind you of some deadline dates that will be coming up before we know it. Please take a few minutes to go back and review the past post when you get a chance.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK! TEAM MEMBERS, WE NEED TO REALLY HIT THE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS AND GET TEAM ETHAN BACK IN THE TOP TEN!!!

Even if you are not on the team you can still do fundraisers and donate that money to Team Ethan. Several people have done that, and it is very much appreciated. They have had yard sales, consignment sales, bake sales, Chili cookoff dinners, luncheons, dress down days at work, etc. These are just a few of the things that some of the people are doing to help support our team even though they are not able to come to Memphis. TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE DOING THESE FUNDRAISERS IN ETHAN'S MEMORY, THE TEAM THANKS YOU VERY MUCH!!! KEEP UP THE GREAT EFFORTS.

Okay, enough from me. I have to hit the gym! Hope training is going well for all of you out there working so hard to get ready. I can't tell you how excited I am getting, I can't wait to see you all again and also meet our new members.

Have a great week...... GO TEAM ETHAN!

Mardecia

Some Exciting News!!

I know last year many of you said that you wished there had been an opportunity to tour St Jude. Well, I have some good news for all of the marathon participants! I have set up a private tour just for Team Ethan. I realize that we can not pick a time that will work with everyone's schedule, however I hope by posting this early enough that those of you who really want to include the tour on your trip this year, you will be able to fit it in your travel schedule. As of right now, I have set it up for around 1:00 p.m. on Friday, December 5, 2008. The time is not set in stone, but the date pretty much is. This may work very well for you to tour the hospital and be there to pick up registration packets. Then we would have time to get back to the hotel for the Welcome Reception and then meet for dinner together. Dinner plans are still up in the air, but we'll get more info on dinner plans later. If you will be joining us for the tour of St Jude, please send me an email by December 1, 2008 so I can let our wonderful tour guide know how many to expect. This is one you will not want to miss. Melba does a fantastic job with her tours and we can include Target House if time permits and you want to do that too.

A reminder: For the paypal button to work, you must sign in from the www.teamethanpowell.blogspot.com If you came to this page from Ethanpowell.com, the paypal button will not work for you.

*** Also, please take a minute and go back over the past post. We have dates to keep in mind. Don't forget hotel reservations, these rooms are blocked on a first come first serve basis.

It's getting close!!!! Oh yea, don't forget to order your Team Ethan t-shirt. We will make a team picture and would love to have everyone in their Team shirt for the picture. Also, those of you who will not be able to join us in Memphis, we encourage you to please help support Team Ethan's goal by purchasing a shirt or two and wearing them in Little e's honor and memory on race day. You can be an honorary Team Ethan member!!

One more reminder ---For those not able to come, if you would like to help with our total amount of funds raised for Team Ethan, you may make a donation to the Team, by going to www.stjudeheroes.org/users/benpowell Thank you.

Keep up the good work with your training and your fundraising. It's not to late to keep registering members to our team either.

Go Team Ethan!!!

Mardecia
rebelmom528@aol.com

Just a little glitch.....

...in the system. If you are here by way of www.ethanpowell.com , meaning you clicked on the link in Ben's post, you will not be able to use the "Buy Now" button to purchase your t-shirt. There is a simple solution. Just copy/paste this page's address to come directly to this page: www.teamethanpowell.blogspot.com . That should solve the problem and the button should work. If you still have problems, leave us a comment here (with your email address) and we will figure it out. Or you can print the order form and send it along with a check.

~Allison
GO TEAM ETHAN!!