by Dennis Dalman
editor@thenewsleaders.com
The top male and female winners of the Tanner’s Team Foundation 5K Walk/Run and 1K Walk/Run event are both Sartell residents – Ian Galligan and Samantha Sunstrom.
The sixth annual fundraiser for families in central Minnesota with children experiencing life-threatening illnesses took place at Bob Cross Park on June 25.
Galligan, 18, crossed the 5k finish line with a time of 18.56. Sunstrom, 21, had a finish time of 19.23. There were also many other winners in various categories, including age categories for younger children in the 1k walk/run.
A total of 188 people took part in the event, including 113 females and 75 males.
The average finishing time for the 5k run was 33.38.
Tanner’s Team Foundation is named for Tanner Fuls, an 11-year-old Sauk Rapids boy who succumbed Nov. 27, 2010, to a form of cancer, a pre-leukemic condition known as myelodysplastic syndrome. Tanner had been diagnosed with the disease just four months before he died, following a bone marrow transplant.
His death was devastating to those who knew and loved Tanner for his love of sports, his good nature, his sense of humor and his loyal friendships with so many people.
In the dark days following his passing, Tanner’s parents John and Cindy, friends and many others got together to form a foundation in memory of him. The average donation is about $800 per family – money that can help them get through a tough time, such as help to pay the mortgage, the rent or help with groceries or gas. The help is available through an application process for people living in 37 counties in central Minnesota.
The foundation’s mission is to “carry on a legacy inspired by Tanner, a boy who taught us how to live, laugh and listen.”
To learn more about the Tanner Team Foundation, to donate or to apply for a grant, go to www.tannersteam.org.
Some of the participants in the sixth annual Tanner’s Team Foundation 5K Walk/Run and 1K Walk/Run fundraiser in Sauk Rapids on June 25 wore T-shirts in support of the grant-giving foundation.
Andrea Imberi of St. Cloud (left), Stephanie Neubauer (middle) of Sauk Rapids and Jonathan Wolf (right) of St. Cloud enjoy talking as they begin the sixth annual Tanner’s Team Foundation 5K Walk/Run and 1K Walk/Run fundraiser for families in Central Minnesota with children experiencing life-threatening illnesses in Sauk Rapids on June 25.
The sixth annual Tanner’s Team Foundation 5K Walk/Run and 1K Walk/Run fundraiser for families in Central Minnesota with children experiencing life-threatening illnesses took place at Bob Cross Park in Sauk Rapids on June 25.
Men and women compete in the sixth annual Tanner’s Team Foundation 5K Walk/Run and 1K Walk/Run in Sauk Rapids on June 25, part of the Rapids River Days festival.
The sixth annual Tanner’s Team Foundation 5K Walk/Run and 1K Walk/Run includes 188 people in the event, including 113 women and 75 men, in the Sauk Rapids fundraiser on June 25 that was named after Tanner Fuls, an 11-year-old Sauk Rapids boy who died in 2010 from a form of cancer.
Runners turn the street corner at one intersection during the home stretch of the sixth annual Tanner’s Team Foundation 5K Walk/Run and 1K Walk/Run fundraiser in Sauk Rapids on June 25.
The sixth annual Tanner’s Team Foundation 5K Walk/Run and 1K Walk/Run that began at Bob Cross Park in Sauk Rapids on June 25 included people walking, running and even pushing baby strollers.
Participants in the Tanner’s Team Foundation 5K Walk/Run and 1K Walk/Run in Sauk Rapids on June 25 carry on the foundation’s mission, “a legacy inspired by Tanner, a boy who taught us how to live, laugh and listen.”
After the death of 11-year-old Tanner Fuls of Sauk Rapids, his parents John and Cindy, friends and many others got together to from a foundation in his memory that includes the Tanner’s Team Foundation 5K Walk/Run and 1K Walk/Run fundraiser in Sauk Rapids on June 25 with these participants.
Runners and joggers in the sixth annual Tanner’s Team Foundation 5K Walk/Run and 1K Walk/Run extended for blocks in Sauk Rapids on June 25.
Young and old take part in the sixth annual Tanner’s Team Foundation 5K Walk/Run and 1K Walk/Run fundraiser for families in Central Minnesota with children experiencing life-threatening illnesses in Sauk Rapids on June 25.