Hi JWLA members,

We are excited to announce that JWLA, once again, will be participating in Freed to Run!

Freed to Run donations go directly to Jacksonville Area Legal Aid’s endowment for the Northeast Florida Medical Legal Partnership and are matched by the Baptist Health Foundation at 125 percent.

As you may recall from last year, the event involves multiple marathons during the week of November 14, 2022, starting in Tallahassee.  Since we are all very busy and can’t take off work for a week and, at least most of us would die trying to run from Tallahassee to Jacksonville, we are signed up for 2 smaller events.  We have 1 team for each of these smaller events.  Follow this link to learn more about the Freed to Run Event.  Freed-to-Run - Freed to Run 6.0 (qgiv.com)

One team would be for the Saturday, November 19^th Marathon Event which starts at the Baker County Courthouse and goes to the Duval County Courthouse.  The teams will be picked-up at the Duval County Courthouse (corner of Adams St. & N. Pearl St.) and shuttled to their start line at the Baker County Courthouse at 9:15 am with an anticipated return arrival back at the Duval County Courthouse at 2:45 pm.   The team captains for the marathon event will be me and Jessica Lefevbre, JWLA’s Health and Wellness Committee Chair.

The second team would be for the Saturday, November 19^th 5k event which starts at the Jacksonville Farmer’s Market at 2:45 pm and ends at the Duval County Courthouse finish line at approximately 4-5:00 pm.  The team captains for the 5k event will be me and Jessica Lefevbre.

You can be a part of one or both teams.  We really hope that all of our members will participate in one or both teams. To participate in one or both, you need to register for the team on which you wish to participate via the below links.  The registration is super easy and is free.   You can walk, run or bike ride these events.   To help our members get physically stronger for this and other events, Jessica Lefevbre is planning a “Couch to 5k” training and she will be sending out details about that shortly.

We have set our goal for each team at $5,000.00.  For each of our members that register, the individual fund-raising goal is $250.00.  Please don’t be intimidated by the goals we have set for us.  This is a great cause and any money raised will be greatly appreciated.  If we don’t set a high goal, then how can we hit it??

We know that we have well over 200 members and if even half of our members participate at some level, we can easily meet our goals.  Mike Freed and Jax Legal Aid are super excited that we are participating. 

For those interested in joining the November 19^th Marathon Team – please “Join our Team” via this link:   

1. https://www.jaxlegalaid.org/JWLAMarathon

For those interested in joining the November 19^th 5k Team – please “Join our Team” via this link:

https://www.jaxlegalaid.org/JWLA5k

These events occur on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.  Even if you can’t participate in the actual events on November 19^th but want to be part of the teams to raise money, then simply use the same above links but just click on “donate”.  

Also, if you cannot attend, we encourage anyone who wants to participate "virtually" to do so.  You may run your leg of the marathon anywhere - on a treadmill, in your neighborhood, on a track, etc.  Just join one of our teams and email a photo or post on social media with #freedtorun.

Once you register, you will get a personalized link that you can send to friends, family and others so that they can donate to you as part of our team.  People can click on your link and donate via credit card. 

Please join and spread the word around your office, to other members and at any JWLA upcoming events! 

Thanks JWLA.  We got this!!

Penny and Jessica