Raining Praise on MCC Walkers
There was a bunch of rain-related songs that almost made it into the headlines, the Beatles Rain, the Ronettes' Walking in the Rain (any others you can think of?) but in the end, we decided to just heap some praise on a stalwart band of MCC students and staffers who ventured out on Saturday in less-than-perfect conditions to take part in the Merrimack Valley Start Heartwalk!
More than 1,000 people did the trek around the Merrimack River on Saturday, during sometimes heavy downpours which clearly did not dampen the spirits of Team MCC!
The walk, organized in conjunction with the American Heart Association, was intended to help raise more than $300,000 to help fund research to prevent heart disease and strokes. Included among the walkers were dozens of survivors of heart attacks or strokes.
Team MCC included several members of this year's crop of Fellows from the Paul H. Sullivan Leadership Institute, other students from the Student Affairs office, and a handful of MCC administrators as well. Congrats to all for this great community service!