Nancy Roll and Dawn Chrenka were prepared to serve refreshments at the halfway point at the Nazarene Church on North Lansing Street.
With photos by Barry Bauer
Capital Area Community Services has sponsored Walk for Warmth as a volunteer, community effort to assist low-income families with heat-related utility bills for the past 22 years. On Saturday, February 25th, the streets of Saint Johns were filled with the excitement of forty-two walkers, raising money for this cause.
Dawn Kajdas, Chelsea Tatro and Pauline Baert, coordinator of Capital Area Community Services of Clinton County
The participants collected $2089 in pledges for walking the three mile course around town. In addition, the St. Johns Lioness Club donated the proceeds of their fundraiser to the Walk for Warmth, which amounted to $2446.75. All of these donations will stay in Clinton County and will be used to assist eligible households.
Many of the participants were middle school students from St. Johns who are members of the Kiwanis Builders Club. They were joined by veteran walkers Darryl Schmitz, Dan Drolett, and Chris Wright, who have walked in the event more than a dozen times each. Also walking in the group were Dr. Donald Porter, Sparrow Clinton Hospital, and Dave Hunt, Big Boy Restaurant.
Volunteer walkers about to set out on their journey
Support for the Walk was provided by: The Clinton County Senior Drop-In Center, Church of the Nazarene, Lioness Club of St. Johns, Sparrow Clinton Hospital employees, St. Johns Kiwanis Club, Clinton County Federal Credit Union, Salem United Methodist Church, St. Joseph Catholic Church, DeWitt Kiwanis Club, Plumbers and Pipefitters Union 333, The Kiwanis Builders Club of St. Johns, Consumers Energy, and funds donated in memory of Frederick Zumsteg.