All our clothes

[syko]

Clothing From Walt Disney World Marathon Donated To Charities

POSTED: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
UPDATED: 12:32 pm EST January 13, 2010



Walt Disney World
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Runners participating in the Walt Disney World Marathon last weekend -- in which temperatures hovered near the freezing mark -- shed more than 26,000 pounds of clothing, which will be donated to Central Florida charities.

RAW VIDEO: Disney Marathon
IMAGES: More Strange Stories
Disney marathon organizers collected about 30,000 pieces of clothing, which was tossed aside as runners heated up on Sunday during the 26-mile route from Epcot to the Magic Kingdom.

The articles of clothing, which included coats, hats, sweaters, shirts and gloves, will be laundered by Disney and delivered to Central Florida organizations, such as Harvest Time International, Salvation Army and Coalition for the Homeless.

More than 55,000 runners -- a Disney event record -- registered for the weekend events, which included the marathon, a half marathon and a family 5K fun run.




According to Disney, some runners also used marathon weekend as a way to raise funds for charitable causes, including groups of runners that raised $5.4 million for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The Burnham Institute’s Team Burnham raised $140,000 for blood cancer research, while two teams from Florida Hospital raised more than $54,200 for the Florida Hospital for Children.

“I have never been a runner but decided since this was for a good cause to give it a try,” said Samantha O’Lenick, organizer for Florida Hospital’s Females in Training team.

Jay Lumpkins, of Ocoee, won third place in the full marathon with a time of 2:24:24.

A recent cold snap, which brought sleet and snow to Central Florida on Saturday, has caused freeze warnings throughout the region for about the last 10 days.

Taken from:http://www.clickorlando.com/news/22225345/detail.html

 

[jbucci]

great story, thanks for posting it

I know we contributed 3 sweatshirts, one hat, and one unintentionally thrown WISH visor to the clothing.

 

[liznboys]

Thanks for posting! Being a new runner and this being my first big race I was amused by all the piles of clothes everywhere. I contributed one pair of long pants...planned to contribute more but I needed it!

 

[lolafrances]

Syko, thanks for posting this. With the super cold weather last weekend, they must have collected a record amount of clothes. It is nice to see the clothes are on their way to families who can use them.

 

[TnTsParty]

I threw down 2 blankets. The funniest thing was seeing people "shopping" on the side of the road for something warm since they had already thrown their stuff. I figure hey if it keeps them warm why not - they probably ended up throwing it down later anyway. I never ended up throwing anything off on Saturday besides the blanket and then on Sunday I handed my jackets to my family when I saw them 2 times.

 

[Suzy Mouse]

I accidentally dropped a glove near the pirate water station in MK. Later on down the road I found someone else's and had to use it to prevent my hand from freezing!

I was also wearing a Packers sweatshirt and laughed when someone said, "GO Packers!!!!" I'm thinking to myself....uhm...this is my throw away item!