Tuesday, March 11, 2014

The Rickshaw Run...

...IS DONE!

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I am absolutely on cloud nine.  Feedback from guests, traders and volunteers has been overwhelmingly positive.  More to come but meanwhile I want to give a huge shout-out to the following incredible people who donated their time and energy for the benefit of our community:

RICKSHAW MANAGERS

Grant
Ben
Chris
Paul

RICKSHAW TEAM LEADERS

Mark
Amy B
Rebecca
Fabio
Stu

RICKSHAW PULLERS

Scott
Liz
Duncan
Amy P
Bianca
Millie
Justin
Charlie
Elizabeth
Lockie
Michael
Kylie W
Kerry
Tim W
Luke
Hayden
Jane
Claudia
Matthew
Georgia
Sara
Jo
Mick
Simon
Bob
Kirsteene
Kylie G
Shane
Den
Bryn
Johnny
Nam
Abdi
Janet
Kristine
Danny

MARSHALS

Atsuko
Allan
Kenny
Bennie
Marilyn
Molly
Jenny
Claire
Annie
Raymond
Dean
Sian
Phil
Deb
Oona
Emily
Julia
Marie
James
Kelly
Vernon
Felicia
Temple
Kaylynn
Sylvia
Russell
Janelle
Pauline
Tim H
Sue
Diana
Christopher
Jane
Kristy
Jill
Monica
Max

and extra special thanks to Footscray Rugby Union Club, who staffed a whole session of rickshaw pullers with the following amazing folks:

David
Josh
Lionel
Jordan
Zerlina
Susanne
Ikuna
Lui (aka "Vin Diesel")

and behind the scenes at the club who put it all together:

Leki
Sean

PLUS official club photographer Luke

The musicians:

Toshi Sakamoto and all the drummers from Wadaiko Rinko
Noriko Tadano

Our awesome traffic manager:

Tony

Maribyrnong City Council, in particular:

Susie
Malcolm
Brenton

Our photographer Cristian, and Steven who connected us;

My long-suffering mum and sister plus friends Gis, B and Georgia who took care of our kids all weekend;

Frankie from Cheaper Buy Miles who was the "friend who has a ute" for the whole shebang;

and last but not least, to the traders themselves:

David from D&K Live Fish
Thu from Co Thu Quan
Tony, Hieu and Kim from "Shop 9", Little Saigon market
Yen, Tiffany and staff from Sen
Bao and Anh from Phong Dinh
Ly, Phuong and Goldie from To's Bakery
Chanel and staff from Origin Massage
Long and Ha from Sapa Hills
The Cavallaro family from T. Cavallaro & Sons

More to come, but right now I have a hot date with a 90-minute day spa appointment!  Hot stone massage and sea salt foot soak, come at me!

3 comments:

  1. I think the kudos should also go to yourself Lauren as well as the great team you worked with. I had such a great time helping out and meeting many new faces :) Look forward to seeing a more detailed report on the whole weekend in the future xo

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  2. Big congratulations to you and the team, Lauren. You guys have done such a stellar job it's so selfless of you to do all of this for the community. Glad to hear you're having a much well deserved break now =)

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  3. Thanks Sylvia and Winston! Sorry for slow reply; was away for the weekend. I have the official photos from the Run - can't wait to go through them and share them with you!

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