FOUNDED
1999
the brian
muha
f oundation
Our 15th Year
… Forever Family
Responsibility – Attitude – Compassion – Excellence – Reverence
Our
9th
Year
APRIL
SPRING
Celebrate
Easter!
A
P
R
I
L
Be a
COMPANION!
(See page 2)
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Celebrations
Cover
Volunteers/Donors p. 2
Program Spotlight(s) p. 3
Other Fundraisers
p. 4
People Spotlight(s) p. 5
5K Walk-Run
2nd Annual
Weekend
ENTRY: $25 Each; Families of
3=$60; of 4=$80; of 5=$100
Reflective Thoughts
Contemplations
Community Outreach
Principal Fundraisers
Your Involvement
p. 6
p. 7
p. 8
p. 9
Back
Children
& Adults
Welcome!
Sunday May 31
At the Track
St. Charles Preparatory High School
2010 East Broad Street
Registration/Packet Pickup 7:30AM or
Register On-Line (See Link Below)
Race/Walk 9AM
SPONSOR
LEVELS
https://premierraces.org/index.php?option=com_eventbooking&view=event&id=288&catid=1&Itemid=352
TO BECOME A SPONSOR CONTACT: [email protected]
$1,000 RACER Level:
T-Shirt + 6 Free Registrations + Logo/Name on
Program Cover + Banner + at Website + Facebook
 $500 RUNNER Level:
4 Free Registrations + All Others above
 $250 SPRINTER Level: 2 Free Registrations + All Others but Banner
 $150 COURSE SIGNS: 1 Free registration + Logo/Name on track-side sign

JOIN US ON
BrianMuhaFoundation
@TheBrianMuhaFDN
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SPRING – APRIL 2015
We Need You!
WHERE? WHEN? The Center, 880 S Wayne
Weekdays 1 – 7 PM; Saturdays (As Scheduled)
The Farm, 2500 Gardner Rd, Groveport
Summer Afternoons
At Your Home: Anytime
WHY?: We need volunteers each day to
help with the children's homework, playing and
meals, chores, other skills, and sports/ recreation. HOW?: Volunteer (our training manual
and instructions on joining us are available) at
www.WIGGIO.com.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Every time you place an
AMAZON order, please
do so from our charitable
giving custom URL:
http://smile.amazon.
com/ch/34-1920357
WENDELL'S TO DONATE
5% OF PURCHASES
Obtain – and activate – a Rewards Card
at WENDELL’S and every purchase you
make will earn 5% for The Foundation.
You may receive a Wendell's Charity
Card by e-mailing your address to Jetta
Wright at: [email protected]
The RACERS’ EDGE
FOOD PANTRY’S DAILY NEEDS
Protein-rich foods. Fruit roll ups/cups.
Pudding cups. Juice boxes/pouches.
www.Wendells.net
925 N. State
Westerville
614-818-0400
You may drop non-perishables Tue. to Thu. from 2-6
PM at the Center – or anytime on the front porch at:
874 Helenhurst Ct.
Westerville
COMMUNITY
REWARDS
It's time to enroll/re-enroll to help us earn money for
The Brian Muha Foundation/Run the Race Club. If you
already have an account, sign in with your email address
and password, click on My Account and scroll down to
Community Awards or at krogercommunityrewards.com
have your Kroger Plus Card handy and click on Sign In/
Register and SIGN UP TODAY in the “New Customer?”
box. Enter your zip code, favorite store, and email
address, create a password, and agree to the terms and
conditions. Follow-up by checking your in-box and
clicking the link within the email. Click on My Account,
using your email address and password to proceed.
Input your Kroger Plus card number. Update or confirm
your information. Enter NPO number 84023 and select
Brian Muha Memorial Foundation from the list. Confirm.
To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see the
Foundation listed on the right side of your info page.
COMPANION(S )
“One who breaks bread with another”
High Schoolers/Collegians/Adults
Positions Available at the Center
Earn up to $9 per Hour Mon.-Thurs.
from 2 or 3 PM -7 PM
for varying age groups.
You will share with and accompany
5-10 Racers to activities, dinners,
instruction and cleaning up … and
will get to know them!
Volunteers Too!
Send resume(s) to:
CEO RACHEL MUHA
[email protected]
PROGRAM(S) SPOTLIGHTS
SPRING - APRIL 2015
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CENTER “No Cost”
BOYS-COED-GIRLS BASKETBALL
AWAITING CITY APPROVALS – THUS
BEING DELAYED TO LATE SPRING
WHO?:
Kids Ages 3-5
WHAT?
Pre-School
WHERE?:
RTRC Center 880 S. Wayne
WHEN:
7:30 AM–3:30 PM
(UNTIL 6 PM if needed!) Monday - Friday
COST?: $147/WK! Paid by PFCC/Title
XX, Early Start Columbus Grant, Angel
Scholarship (private donations to cover
private pay)
Administrator
TERRIE RAGLAND
[email protected]
IF CENTER’S/YOUR AVAILABILITY
SCHEDULES PERMIT ... COME …
WATCH US WEEKENDS (IN THE GYM)
Coordinator
SEAN SEGGERSON
[email protected]
facebook
View a photo gallery here too!
International Children's Book Day is an annual
event, which is held on around April 2, the
birth date of Hans Christian Andersen. It is
sponsored by the International Board on
Books for Young People (IBBY). According to
the IBBY Web site, "International Children's
Book Day (ICBD) is celebrated to inspire a
love of reading and to call attention to
children's books." The 2015 sponsor of International Children's Book Day is IBBY United
Arab Emirates. The theme is "Many Cultures
One Story." The poster, which was designed
by Nasim Abaeian, shows a little girl with a
butterfly net catching books that are floating
in the sky. Marwa Obaid Rashid Al Aqroubi is
the author explaining the theme.
www.facebook.com/pages/The-BrianMuha-Memorial-Foundation-IncTheRun-The-Race-Club/195835117128031
To view a gallery of Run The Race Club
activities and events please register at:
runtheraceclub.shutterfly.com/signup
YOU CAN VIEW MANY OF THE
EVENTS LISTED IN THIS NEWSLETTER
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OTHER FUNDRAISERS
SPRING - APRIL 2015
RUN THE RACE
STOLEN
15-PASSENGER VAN
REPLACEMENT FUND
FEB. 11 9:50 P.M. = VAN STOLEN!
FEB. 13 A.M. = FUND STARTED!
GOFUNDME.COM/RUNTHERACE
TWO LARGE DOLLAR OFF-LINE
DONATIONS WERE PLEDGED
BEFORE GOFUNDME BEGAN!
$ 9,200
Raised in a
Single Day!
$ 14,000
After 2
Days!
$2,500 Donors = 0 + 1 = 1
$1,000 Donors = 2 + 0 = 2
$500+ Donors = 4
+ 1 = 5
$250+ Donors = 4
+ 1 = 5
$100+ Donors = 18 + 6 = 24
<$100 Donors = 64 + 16 = 80
Total Donors = 92 +25 = 117
$10,000 = INITIAL GOAL! = MET!
$25,000 = REVISED GOAL! = MET!
$35,000 = NEW GOAL!
St. Francis DeSales High School has been voted
a semi-finalist for a $10,000 grant for its
school- sponsored Run the Race Club! DeSales
students have embraced the club’s mission and
created its own student-lead chapter. This
grant would pro-vide transportation for DeSales
students to the RTR center/farm, perform a
home make-over for one of the neediest
families and much more. To learn more … go to
http://nbc4i.upickem.net/engine/Votes.aspx?Pa
geType=VOTING&contestid=153547
They need your help to win by voting for them!
You must register to vote!
Vote for St. Frances DeSales Run the Race Club
www.NBC4MakeADifference.com.
Don't forget to vote once a day through
Monday, March 23rd!
Help them win the Make A Difference grant.
PEOPLE SPOTLIGHT(S)
SPRING - APRIL 2015
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http://www.columbusfolkmusicsociety.org/about_us.html
The Columbus Folk Music Society, Inc. is organized to operate exclusively as
a not-for-profit corporation for educational, cultural, and charitable
purposes. The society's goals include, but are not limited to, the following:
 To promote the appreciation, understanding, private playing, public
performance, and enjoyment of folk music, song, dance, storytelling, and
other folk arts inclusive of all cultures.
 To improve and expand folk art communications.
 To support folk artists and other worthy cultural and charitable activities
and organizations.
 To provide opportunities for public folk performances.
 To promote national and international folk art performances.
“Joyful
Spirit. That's
what comes to mind
when jamming with the
kids from Run the Race
and
watching
those
who've have won Kirby
scholarships
perform.
The future of folk music
lies
with
children
simply reveling in the
wonder, happiness, and
confidence that music
sparks.”
BILL COHEN
Society Board Member
Please join us!
(see page 8)
Here is a list of the CFMS folks who have come out
on various occasions to jam with the kids:
Joe Baringhaus, Bill Cohen, Tom Nagel, Larry Staats, Linda McDonald,
Terry Keller, Hal Pepinski, Don Newton, Bob Dunham, Sandy Bonneville …
and two teachers: Stephen Schneider (drums) Mike Neeley (tin whistle)
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SPRING - APRIL 2015
REFLECTIVE THOUGHTS
WALK SLOWLY
by Danna Faulds
THESE FOUR WORDS BECAME/REMAIN THE CLUB
SONG OF THE LIVERPOOL (ENGLAND) SOCCER TEAM
SINCE THE 1960’S AND THE CORPS SONG OF THE
MADISON (WISCONSIN) (BOY) SCOUTS DRUM &
BUGLE CORPS SINCE THE 1970’S
It only takes a reminder to breathe,
a moment to be still, and just like
that, something in me settles,
softens, make space for imperfection.
The harsh voice of judgment drops to
a whisper and I remember again that
life isn’t a relay race; that we all will
cross the finish line; that waking up
to life is what we were born for. As
many times as I forget to catch
myself charging forward, without
even knowing where I am going, that
many times I can make the choice to
stop, to breathe, and be, and walk
slowly into the mystery.
IN MAY, YOU’LL FIND BRIAN’S 15-YR/2014 MEMORIAL’ KEEPSAKE!
POEM FOR SPRING
FRIENDSHIP
Friendship with oneself is all
important, because without it
one cannot be friends with
anyone else in the world.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
PRAYERS FOR EASTER
CONTEMPLATIONS
SPRING - APRIL 2015
• Illinois Born 1889 – Died 1971 (Age 82)
AGNES
• Westerville Ohio Resident 1895 – 1912(?)
MEYER
• OSU Graduate 1911/Otterbein Coed prior
• WWI U.S. Navy Yeomanette 1918 (WAVE? 1942)
• Navy Cryptanalyst until 1949 (31 yrs)
• Responsible for helping decode WW2 Japanese
Naval (JN-25)/German (ENIGMA) encrypted
communication/operations codes
• Worked in Hawaii & at National Security Agency
• Buried at Arlington National Cemetery
• Known as Madame X or Miss Aggie
• Childhood home donated to Anti-Saloon League
for its headquarters by father (Otterbein faculty)
DRISCOLL
• Movie IMITATION GAME analyst is Joan Clarke
s
MARCH 2015
AN HONOREE
were afraid to
QUOTES
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8
SPRING – APRIL 2015
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIPS – AN “ASIDE”
INDIVIDUALS
#4 Div I Sectional
Tori Pappas
225+219+215=659
#6 Div I District
Tori Pappas
192+226+167=585
#1 Div I State Final
Tori Pappas
190+204+225=619
#1 First Team
ALL OHIO GIRLS TEAM
Tori Pappas
INDIVIDUALS
#4 Div II District
Andy Row
160+217+187=564
State
Champion
TORI
PAPPAS
#9 Div II District
Ryan O’Harra
DIV II BOYS 190+181+168=541
DIV I GIRLS
SECTIONAL
SECTIONAL CHAMPS & DISTRICT
+ DISTRICT 3RD + RUNNERSUP
STATE 8th PLACE DIDN’T PLACE
(QTR FINALIST)
AT STATE
BRIGGS
BISHOP READY
212 East Broad Street - Columbus, OH 43215 - 614-241-2526
cathedralmusic.org
The Office of Tenebrae - Good Friday, April 3 8 p.m.
The Cathedral Schola's annual performance of music for Tenebrae,
including Thomas Tallis' Lamentations of Jeremiah, has become one of
the Cathedral's most popular events. The evening is marked by the
gradual extinction of candles, culminating in the performance of Gregorio
Allegri's Miserere in a completely darkened Cathedral.
"Ohio Mourns: The Music of Abraham Lincoln's 1865
Funeral Observances“ - Sunday, April 26 3 p.m.
Suggested donation of $10 each at the door.
The Cathedral Schola will join musicologist Thomas J. Kernan, the
leading scholarly authority on the musical memorialization of Abraham
Lincoln, for a lecture recital exploring the hymns, songs, and rituals
employed for the late president's obsequies in downtown Columbus. This
event coincides with Ohio's commemoration of the U.S. Civil War
Sesquicentennial (150th Anniversary).
Annual Central Ohio Folk Festival (MAY 2-4, 2015)
Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park – Galloway OH
• A Saturday evening concert with a headliner and an opening act.
• Workshops Sat/Sun for beginners and seasoned folk artists.
• Spotlight concerts Sat/Sun (open to the public) feature local
favorites and new acts.
• Jamming tent, drum circle, instrument petting zoo,
• Metro Park nature displays. Sat/Sun in the park for children and
families with hands-on activities and sing-a-longs. Closing song
circle (everyone welcome). For more details see:
http://www.columbusfolkmusicsociety.org/COFF_2014.html
PRINCIPAL FUNDRAISERS
SPRING - APRIL 2015
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PRINCIPAL FUNDRAISERS
(Mark Your Calendars & Volunteer!)
>> WATCH
FOR A BROCHURE IN YOUR MAILBOX!
16th Annual
<<
Saturday
July 18. 2015
Please come ready to bid in the Live Auction.
Many extraordinary items are anticipated.
SPONSOR LEVELS
$5,000 = PLATINUM Logo Prominent
Ads/Signage + 1-Team + Web List
$3,000 = PRESENTING Logo Premier
Ads/Signage + Team Entry
$750 = GOLD
Hole Sponsor +
$500 = SILVER
Banner List +
$250 = BRONZE
Program List +
$150 = HOLE SPONSOR
s
APRIL
UNCLE
SAM’S
FUND
RAISER
 36 team Scramble! – contact:
Doug Gamin 614-890-6073
 Volunteers/Sponsors –
 Cash/Live Auction/Door Prize Donors
– contact: [email protected]
CHRISTMAS 2015 PAJAMA PANTS
FOR
RTR
 Hello Run the Race Family. We have received a wonderful offer from a mother and
daughter team (Joan and Mary Ann) to "Sew for Service". They would like to make the
pajama bottoms we will be distributing to the Racers and their families this Christmas 2015.
 The snow is just starting to melt, but there is a lot of sewing to be done by December! We
hope to have the supplies to Joan and Mary Ann by May 1, 2015.
 Our hope is for winter or Christmas themed fabric if it is still available.
 Items can be placed in bags labeled with "PJ's for 2015" and brought to:
-The RTR center at 880 S. Wayne Avenue
-Pam Heil's office (The Massey Teen Room) at St. Brigid of Kildare, Dublin or front porches of:
-874 Helenhurst Ct., Westerville 1004 Ashmead Drive, Gahanna 6234 Deeside Drive, Dublin
Please sign up at: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0D4DADAC28AB9-christmas1/4860812
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SPRING – APRIL 2015
YOUR INVOLVEMENT
From the Desk of
Jim Snyder
EDITOR
880 S Wayne Ave Columbus
SCHOLARSHIPS
OFFERED
DONUM DEI
FARM
2500 Gardner Rd Galloway
Franciscan University
Steubenville
www.franciscan.edu
St. Charles
Preparatory School
www.stcharlesprep.org
COMMUNICATIONS
(See bottom of p. 1!)
Media are available to tell our story … past, present and future.
Unless otherwise stated, view them at our club website:
www.BrianMuhaFoundation.org
Slides:
 “Run the Race Club: 2005 to the Present & Beyond”
 “The Legend of #6” at St. Charles (inside
the Club’s May 2014 Newsletter)
 “15th Anniversary Tribute” to Brian’s Death
(insert to the Club’s Summer 2014 Newsletter)
 Foundation/Club Awards List
Video: “Run The Race Club 2013” by Jack
Campise http://youtube/nstQQ7Z2r9U
WebQuest: “Run the Race Club” by Kathleen
Cianca http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=218559
DONATIONS …
Cash Donations may be made through the foundation’s/club’s
website (www.BrianMuhaFoundation.org) or mailed via the
USPS to: …. Non-Cash Donations may be delivered to the
Center or to:
Brian Muha Foundation
874 Helenhurst Ct.
Westerville OH 43081
The Brian Muha Memorial Foundation, Inc. (I.D. #341920357) and the Run the Race Club, Inc. (I.D. #452503352) are recognized by the IRS as 501(c)3 charities.
Your donations are tax deductible.
TEAMWORK
LOVE
Next Issue
May 23rd
Send draft articles/photos or
ideas/inquiries/requests to:
[email protected]
(Entries are based on ads/info
sent to the Editor. He truly
apologizes for any inaccuracy.
Tell him the error! He’ll fix it!)
8 ISSUE
Winter – January
Jan 03
Winter – February Feb 14
Spring – April
Apr 4
Spring – May
May 23
Summer – July
Jul 04
Summer – August Aug 22
Fall – October
Oct 03
Fall – November
Nov 21
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