by Julianne Thompson, Miss April 2018
I still remember the moment seven years ago when my friend and fellow Heifer International volunteer Wanda Eason suggested that our volunteer group start a trail run as a fundraiser. We were a small group of volunteers and it was a daunting task, but we all responded with a resounding “yes” to this outlandish idea. You see, up until that point our group had mostly lead talks about Heifer to community groups and set up booths at events to share about Heifer. We had never hosted our own event, and most of us hadn’t the first notion about what went into putting on a race. That first year we had fewer than fifty runners register. Now, as we close in on the date for our 2018 race it’s clear that we will sell out again just as we have the last three years. It’s exciting and humbling to look at where we started and see where we are now.