ShanesWay benefit gives young adults a “life moment”
June 6, 2010 by: admin
On June 5, 2010, over hundred fifty people joined the Cattanach Family at Mt. View Middle School for the first annual ShanesWay Poker Fun Walk/Run. The event includes a poker walk/run, raffle, a toddler trot and lunch. Walks were one or three miles, and the run was three miles long. All participants received five playing cards and the best poker hand in each of five different age groups received $50. Proceeds from the event will benefit the ShanesWay organization—a program to provide young adults suffering from life-threatening illnesses or injuries with a “life moment” of their choosing. The organization was started in honor of Shane Cattanach who died last November after complications of asthma attack—a condition he battled for all of his 26 years.
Winners of the boys’ three-mile run are: 10 year-olds—1st-Thurman Knowles, 2nd-Ben Kizziar; 11 – 15 year-olds—1st-Brandon Wall, 2nd-Garrett Shea, and 3rd-Coulter Keeler; 21 – 35 year-olds—1st-Michael Lamonics, 2nd-Levi Hisl, and 3rd-Carlos Zapata; 36 – 50 year-olds—1st-Jeff Shea, 2nd-Thomas Gutierrez, and 3rd-Pete Scatena; 51 -70 year-olds—1st-Mike Kizziar, 2nd-Paul Suters, and 3rd-Herb Monie.
Winners of the girls’ three-mile run are; Under 15—1st -Sydnee Kizziar, 2nd-Stephanie Scatena, and 3rd-Keelia Shea; 21- 35 year olds—1st-Dessa Eagleson, 2nd-Erin Resner, and 3rd-Catherine Macari; 36-50 year olds—1st-Brenna Stansberry, 2nd-Suzie Scatena, and 3rd Aimee Kizziar; 51 -70 year olds—1st-Sonya Holmquist, and 2nd-Teresa Flint.
Winners of the poker hand and awarded $50 are; Brenda Jones, Burton Downs, Sydnee Kizziar and Brandon Wall.
With giving as its guiding principle, I am truly awed by the leadership of these two parents Rick and Kari Cattanach and their son Kyle who have turned such a tragic event and a huge loss of a loved one into a positive and rewarding experience for other individuals who suffer from life-theatening illnesses and are just looking and dreaming of a life experience moment. Given all of the negative news that we are inundated with on a daily basis, it is nice to see a positive approach and I as a runner and consumer hope and pray that all of the communities especially in the northern region of California anxiously support, market, and challenge each other in the spirit of giving to make Shanesway.org the annual event to attend in Northern California.
Thank you,
Paul D. Sutters