Planning stages

Marchers,
We have been contacted by the president of the Lion's Club in Huntsville, Jason Dyches, that they will help find radio operators for us to provide support during the march. This will reinforce the U.S. Army's tentative offer of supporting us with comm. We are still waiting to hear from the Army. They were also talking about a "water buffalo" to be used at rest points along the way of the march. I will be contacting them today.

The Marine's at Ellington Field were in fine form this morning, as they loaned us some hydration units and camo netting so we could set up a Command Post at each rest point. A special thanks goes out to First Sergent Stevens and Sgt. McKeta for their help and assistance with equipment for the march. "Up in the morning with the rising sun", must be Sgt. Mcketa's MO, as he was already in place at 0600 standing by for my arrival. You cannot beat that kind of service.

Medics or EMT people are a safety concern, and though the Army is checking into having one stand by, I will need to contact the EMT and firemen from both the Richmond and the Huntsville areas and see if they will volunteer their time for the march.

There has been a thought shopped around from interested parties as to food preparation, though a generous, remaining anonymous source has provided on-the-trail food, we would still like to find some organization who would like to sponsor a nightly rest point, and have a hot meal for the marchers each night of the journey. Perhaps not just businesses, but mothers of the marchers might want to coordinate this and feed these hunger hikers, and, in this way, also check on their sons. It could well be a "family affair"of those marshaling for Marshall.

Soon we will have a connections with the, www.addisonmarshallcrushcancer.com", site. Interested parties can then find us, and begin to prepare for the march. Help me/us get the word out. Set the date for, JUNE 12th, and start your training.