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Fun Run Targets Multiple Myeloma BY KAREN BOSSICK
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wo Wood River Valley women are staging a Summer Start Community Fun Run and Walk to benefit the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. Dr. Cortney Vandenburgh and Jennifer Schwartz are running in the New York City Marathon in November to raise money for the foundation. But they plan to kick that journey off with the fun run at 9 a.m. Sunday at The Valley Club Fitness Center north of Hailey. “Cortney’s mother was just diagnosed with multiple myeloma, and my grandmother died from it. So we thought we’d do this to raise money to honor these special women and help find a cure for multiple myeloma,” said Schwartz. Multiple myeloma is a cancer of plasma cells, the white blood cells that normally produce antibodies. Collections of abnormal cells accumulate in the bone marrow where they interfere with the production of normal blood cells. It is often characterized by bone pain, especially in the spine and ribs, and can involve bone fractures and spinal cord compression. The cost of the fun run is $20 for adults and $5 for children 10 and under. It’s $40 for a family of four, with each additional child $5. There will be food and raffle prizes following the race. Participants can sign up or donate at IMAthlete.com under Summer Start Community Fun Run. “We’d like as many people to come out and run or walk. It’s a fun way to kick off the summer, and there’s room for everyone,” said Schwartz. For more information, call Cortney at 721-8473 or Jennifer at 721-2984. tws
more community events
Summerfest is Friday
Celebrate the end of the school year with the family-friendly Summerfest Kids Carnival. The event will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday, June 7, on 1st Avenue in Hailey. There’ll be a slide and bounce, face painting, jumbo slide, rock climbing wall, bungee run, obstacle course, kiddy train, live music by local bands and youth groups, refreshments and more. For more information, call 208-788-3484. And remember, wear your play clothes!
Quad Cycle Demo
Missoula-based inventor Jonn Matthews will be demonstrating his quad cycles at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the gazebo at the Double R Ranch in Picabo. The cycles are usable for people with Parkinson’s disease and other mobility issues. The event is sponsored by Robert Franklin, a local man with Parkinson’s disease. Interested people are asked to RSVP to 7205547 so enough refreshments can be provided.
Wake Up Hailey
The Hailey Chamber of Commerce invites everyone to join them for Wake Up Hailey from 9 to 10 a.m., this Tuesday, June 11 at the Barkin’ Basement in Hailey. Stop by for updates on what is happening at the Barkin’ Basement and the Animal Shelter while networking with your fellow community members, and enjoying refreshments and light breakfast fair! Info: Hailey Chamber at 788-3484.
Local Girl Scouts are
Taking on Thin Mints in order to end child slavery
From left to right: Adela Pennell, Elle Mann, Hallie Taylor, Sarah Feltman, Kaitlyn Hayes and Maren Feltman have learned about the dark side of chocolate, as well as the attributes of dark chocolate. STORY & PHOTOS BY KAREN BOSSICK
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ix local Girl Scouts are taking on Thin Mints. The girls in fifth-grade Girl Scout Troop No. 230 are trying to end child slavery in the chocolate industry. And that includes asking the Girl Scouts to change where they buy the chocolate that is used in their cookies. “Forty percent of the chocolate we eat comes from Ivory Coast, where child slavery is involved in growing the cocoa. So there’s a good a chance if you’re eating chocolate, you’re eating chocolate that may have involved child slavery,” said Hallie Taylor. The girls had their eyes opened to the dark side of chocolate several months ago when Elle Mann, a fifth-grader at Pioneer Montessori School, was reading a book about chocolate with her mom. As they read, they learned about how children between the ages of 5 and 15 leave their villages to make lots of money working on cocoa plantations, only to be kidnapped by traffickers at the Mali/Ivory Coast border and smuggled to plantations.
There they work seven days a week, are locked in shacks at night with poor ventilation and given small tin cans for toilets. “The children who work on the chocolate plantations don’t get to go home for holidays. They don’t go to school. They don’t have a summer break. They’re forced to do dangerous work spraying toxic chemicals with no protection,” said 11-year-old Adela Pennell. Most of the children have never even tasted chocolate before so they have no idea what the cocoa pod is used for, said Leslie Feltman, one of the troop leaders. They receive very little pay and they even must pay for their machete. “Elle was very upset about this and shared what she’d learned with the troop and the rest of the troop was shocked as well,” said Feltman. The girls decided to see what they could do to make a difference. “Girl Scouts have a promise and law that they recite at meetings to help people at all times and make the world a better place and they set out to do that,” said Feltman.
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Leslie Feltman shows off one of the awards to be given to her Girl Scouts.
SUMMERFEST KIDS CARNIVAL
This Friday * See Page 3 For Details