On September 9, 2007, we held the 11th Annual “Cliff Walk®” for A.L.S. Fundraiser sponsored by Superior Rail & Iron Works, Inc., WQRC, Capecod.com, and the Outback Steakhouse. Thanks to over one thousand family members and friends who gathered pledges, we raised over $152,000!!!

ALSFCF’s Board Member David Phillips served as Emcee for the entire event. He opened the ceremony, introduced guest speakers, and kept the crowd up-to-date on our fundraising progress and activities throughout the day.

Highlights

• Special thanks to the The Old Colony Young Marines for their ”Presentation of the Colors”. The Young Marines were led by 14 year-old Dylan DeSilva, founder of the non-profit organization, Cape Cod Cares for the Troops. The presentation was immediately followed by Hillary Zaniboni’s lovely rendition of the National Anthem and a moment of silence.
  
  

• A very special acknowledgement went out to our Event Sponsor Lenny Ferrara. His company, Superior Rail and Iron Works, Inc., has generously sponsored the “Cliff Walk®” every year.
  
  
  

• A round of applause also went out to our Media Sponsors WQRC and Capecod.com for donating over $5,700 in advertising. They also provided goodie bags and raffle items and introduced us to the good folks at The Outback Steakhouse. The restaurant was also recognized for their generous donation of “aussietizers” in the form of Chicken, Steak, Salad and Rolls.

• Among those thanked were our many loyal volunteers, including, for the first time, a group of 10 Best Buy employees. They began before 7:00am and were done with their duties and off to another event by 11:00am. Kudos to Rene McWilliams, General Manager of Best Buy in Hyannis for volunteering her crew and securing donations from Best Buy.

• This year we were pleased to welcome two very special guest speakers. Old friend but first time attendee, Terry Frank, Co-Founder of the ALS March of Faces spoke eloquently about the emotion behind the pictures on the March of Faces Banner and Jamie Heywood, founder of ALS Therapy Development Institute spoke about his valiant efforts to save the life of his brother Stephen (who passed away earlier this year) and the lives of all our loved ones fighting this disease.

• Jean Jordan also spoke, as she does every year, about two men in whose memory the walk is held; her husband, Cliff Jordan, Jr., brother to Donna Jordan, Co-Founder of our organization and Edward J. Sciaba, Sr., father of Mary Ann (Sciaba) Singersen, also a Co-Founder.

• Every year we read a list of names of our loved ones who’ve battled or are battling A.L.S. As the names are read, engraved bricks (inscribed with the names of our loved ones) are placed around our A.L.S. Family Tree.

*In 1999, the A.L.S. Family Charitable Foundation planted the A.L.S. Family tree as a symbol of hope for the families and patients affected by A.L.S. Bricks etched with the names of A.L.S. patients make a circular walkway around the tree.

A brick in honor of your loved one who is battling or has battled A.L.S. can be purchased by contacting the A.L.S. Family Charitable Foundation at (508) 759-9696 or by downloading the brick order.

• Event goers enjoyed a cookout, Outback “Aussietizers”, raffles, the musical talents of “Geno-Singing the Sounds of Sinatra & More” and “The Moonlighter’s”, and an appearance by the Cape Cod Corvette Club (many of CCCC members also made up our “core” volunteer base).
  

• After the walk, the kids entertainment included face painting, moonwalk, dunk tank, coloring contest, balloon man and a hoopman.

Adult Category

1st Prize- Jeremy & Shelly Dorfman won a gift certificate to Best Buy courtesy of Allied Recycling Center.

2nd Prize-Team After Hours/Atlantic Cafe won a weekend for two

courtesy of the Lenox Hotel. Special thanks to Dan Lewis.

3rd Place -Team Lavallee won a Best Buy gift certificate

courtesy of Allied Recycling Center.

Children’s Category

1st Prize - Alyssa B. received an iPod shuffle courtesy of Best Buy in Hyannis. Special thanks to Rene McWilliams.

2nd Prize - Serena M. received a portable DVD player courtesy of Charlie, Ryan & A.J. Azinger.

3rd Prize - Elizabeth & Joseph T. won a gift certificate to Best Buy courtesy of Allied Recycling Center.

The 2007 seven-mile walk along the Cape Cod Canal was sponsored by

Lenny Ferrara of Superior Rail and Iron Works, Inc., WQRC, Capecod.com, and the Outback Steakhouse, and was made possible with help from the following supporters:

WATER TABLE SPONSORS

Great Rocks Spring Water •Wal*Mart• LFR Inc

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR FRIENDS AT

TD Banknorth

We also owe a debt of gratitude to Adele Sciaba and the extended Sciaba family; and Cliff, Shirley, Jean and Amanda Jordan for honoring the spirits of Edward and Cliff by always supporting the walk in their memory.

Every year the “Cliff Walk®” is made possible with the help of a dedicated group of volunteers. Not only are they working hard the day of the Walk, they are instrumental in the behind the scenes pre–event planning and post walk clean up. Our deepest gratitude to the following individuals for their continued support:

Volunteer Coordinator Debbie Bell, Event Coordinator Bill MacLeod, and Team Leaders Lynne Florindo, Mac McCall, Mary Johnson, Linda Abreu, A.J. Azinger, Dan Hyde, Donna Jordan, Beth Morrison, Dean MacLeod, Tom Osborne, Dick Morrison & Jeff Beals, Photographers Nancy Simpson and Richard Barber, & EMCEE David Phillips.

The Cliff Walk was also made possible through the generosity of the following,

A.H. Harris & Sons, Inc., Allied Recycling Center, Auto Promo, Inc., The Azinger’s, Bagcraft Papercon, Best Buy, Boar’s Head, Bourne DPW, Cape Cod Times, Cape Medical Supply, Coca-Cola, Crocetti Oakdale Packing Inc., Dunkin Donuts, Enterprise Newspapers, Frito Lay, Great Rocks Spring Water, Guardian Self Storage, Harbor One Credit Union, The Lenox Hotel, LFR, Inc., Lower Falls Wine Company, MacRae Provisions, Mahoney’s Garden Centers, Clover Co., Inc., National Marine Life Center, New England Silkscreen & Embroidery, Ocean Spray, Plastic Pipe & Supply, Inc., Printing Specialists of Cape Cod, Richie’s Italian Ice, Robbie Jarvis Sound, Robert F. Pagano & Associates, P.C., Roche Bros. Supermarkets, The Siegfried Group, LLP, Sign It! Signs, Sperry Tents, Sodexo at MBL, The Standard Times, Stop & Shop Wareham, Taylor Rental,Thrifty Truck Rental, Town & Country Carpet Cleaning, US Army Corp. of Engineers, Wal*Mart, Women’s Journal.

Raffles

Carbos Grill & Bar, Hy-Line Cruises, Town & Country Carpet Cleaning, Staples, Home Depot, Bath & Body Works, Pro Figures Toys & Collectables, Kingsbury Spa, Panera Bread, Hennessy News, Ryan Family Amusement, Not Your Average Joe’s, JFK Library and Museum, Linda Yurof, Pam Matheson, Cape Cod Paintball, Home and Garden Party, Party Lites Gifts, Kathy Williams, Music of the Bay, Bill MacLeod, Dale Wolbrink, Thompson Speedway, Lord’s and Lady’s Hair Salon, Independence Mall, Kathy Stanley Salon, Donna Jordan, Wimpys, Eastwind Lobster, Newbury Comics, Reedy’s Archery JOAD, Maria’s Hallmark, Stop N Shop, Weathervane Seafood Restaurant, M. Vic and Marion Sylvia, Savas Liquors, KNC Management, All Seasons Tanning Salon, Bobby Byrnes, Sandwich Taverna, Heritage Theaters, Heritage Family Amusements, All Cape Cod Sports, Sweet Tomatoes of Osterville, Harmony Liquors 2, Oasis Day Spa, L. Knife & Son, Lambert’s Farm Market, The Doll House, Cedar Steak House, Dan & Robbin Hyde, Arbonne International, The Surf Shop, Premier Jewelers, Roo Bar Restaurant, Painted Lady, Happy Tails Self Serve Dog Wash, Jeff Beals, TD Banknorth, Baskin Robbins, Dave & Karen Wolf, Keith Moegle, Eleanor Gilder, Rob & Annie Silverstein and Absolutely Essential Hair Salon.

The “Cliff Walk®” Is Held Annually In Loving Memory of Clifford Jordan, Jr. and Edward J. Sciaba, Sr.

MISC Teams Photos (click here for photos)