Thanksgiving Morning, Thursday, November 26th, 2009 ...rain or shine or snow... Start Time: 8 AM Registration: 7:30 AM Location: Shattuck-St. Mary's Sports Complex 1000 Shumway Ave. in NE Faribault (route will be indoor/outdoor) Entry fees: $20.00 for pre-registered runners & walkers $25.00 for on-site registration $12.00 for Kids Fun Run T-shirts provided to all pre-registered participants - while supplies last Prizes to all kids, and top male & top female All proceeds will benefit Infants Remembered in Silence, a 501 (c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to ...offering parents, families, friends and professionals support, education and resources on the death of a child...

Consider forming a team, or walking by yourself, but please join us as we walk to support Infants Remembered in Silence. Together we will be honoring and remembering our babies and loved ones - and raising funds for this important organization.

See you at the 1st Annual IRIS Turkey Trot!

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A word from the organizer...

A little over three years ago I had no idea that IRIS existed. And then the horrible day came when I became an IRIS mom and needed IRIS. Fortunately for me, and for many other families in the area, IRIS exists. An IRIS advocate came to my side and held my hand, offered guidance, and became my safe haven as I learned to live with the new reality that my child had died. My husband and I both do not know how we would have survived those darkest days without IRIS - and today it is our turn to try to give back to an organization that means the world to us and to many others.

Sadly, many, many people either experience the loss of a child, or know someone who has lost a child. I reached out to other IRIS moms and IRIS supporters to see if there would be interest in helping organize a fundraiser for IRIS - to give back while remembering our babies. The TURKEY TROT idea was formed, and with the support of many generous, creative, and energetic people - the 1st Annual Turkey Trot will take place on Thanksgiving morning 2009. This is an opportunity to raise awareness of IRIS and the invaluable services that IRIS provides, raise money to ensure that IRIS will be around to continue to help families after a loss, and to remember our babies.

Please consider joining us on Thanksgiving morning.

LETS WALK TOGETHER to ensure that the important services IRIS provides are continued
LETS WALK TOGETHER to raise awareness
LETS WALK TOGETHER to support one another
LETS WALK TOGETHER to remember our precious babies
LETS WALK TOGETHER to give thanks for the imprint such tiny lives have on our hearts
LETS WALK TOGETHER for hope.

Thank you,
Deanna Kuennen
Turkey Trot Organizer and IRIS Mom

Walking in honor of my precious angels - Hope (born on 12/27/2005 at 22 weeks gestation) and Augustus Michael (stillborn on 11/24/2006), and for all of the other baby angels.

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