“On my bucket list is to run the 109 Mile George Mickelson Trail which runs the length of Black Hills, from Deadwood to Edgemont, SD,” explained Jim Schneider. The retired Heron Lake-Okabena teacher continues to run, and has completed many marathons over the past several years.
This George Mickelson Trail is built on an old rail roadbed. “This run will be a milestone mark for my 70th birthday,” he added. “I would like to raise for Make-A-Wish Minnesota.”
The cost of granting one wish for a child on average is $10,000 so that is Schneider’s fundraising goal. A quote from the Make-A-Wish website states: “When a wish is granted, a child replaces fear with confidence, anxiety with excitement and sadness with optimism.”
Schneider’s plan is to run the 109 mile trail over several days starting Tuesday, September 3 through Monday, September 9, 2019.
“I grew up in South Dakota, started my 41-and-a-half year teaching career in Edgemont and taught school in the Heron Lake-Okabena, MN district for 39 years,” Schneider added. “So, it is fitting that I end the run at the Edgemont Trail Head and finish the run at the Edgemont school.”
Schneider would appreciate any assistance to help make this ‘Wish’ become a reality.
Donations can be made through the Minnesota Make-A-Wish secure website at https://secure2.wish.org/site/TR?pg=personal&fr_id=3131&px=4868269 or can be dropped off at the Currie State Bank, Okabena branch or mailed to the bank at 117 S. Minnesota Avenue, Okabena, MN 56161.
