By PR Extension Office

96 people on 24 teams!! That’s $1,440 raised for 18 charities entered in the Steps for Charity challenge.

“I’ve tripled the steps I take each day,” explained Randy Sullivan, a HIT THE TRAILS member, “just to get extra steps for the Steps for Charity challenge.”

“I had a big day today. I’m demolishing the inside of a building, so I’ve been getting a lot of steps,” explained Barb Hammerquist, TEAM THEO member, “but I also hit my head with a hammer!”

People are tearing down walls, walking to the post office, practicing yoga while watching the Super Bowl and walking everywhere in town to rack up steps. They are an amazing and motivated group of people.

The Steps for Charity teams have identified 18 well-deserving charities to support. The stories behind the teams, their members and why they chose the charities will be shared weekly in the paper throughout the Challenge. Two of the charities and their teams are as follows:

BIDDLE COMMUNITY

HERITAGE CENTER

“We love our community hall and it always needs money for maintenance and repairs,” explained the Biddle Calving Crew made up of Mary, Owen and Evan Rumph and Jackie Beardsley. This zealously competitive team continues to be one of the top teams to beat in the Steps for Charity challenge because they make up a part of the Rumph family calving crew.

BROADUS CANCER FUND

“Cancer hits everyone, and this charity is close to home,” explained the

ROAD RUNNERS who include Jenn Rosencranz, Tammy Livingston, Karen Dribenenki and Brett Rosencranz and why they chose the charity.

“Local individuals have been positively impacted by this charity,” reported THE PACEMAKERS team members, who are Darlynn Williams, Vikki Klemm, Morgan Mobley and Taylor Thrush.

“We know people who have benefitted from this charity,” reported THE HAS-BEENS team, who include Kylie and Ross Randall and Abbey and Elliott Barnhart.

The Broadus Cancer Fund’s major fund-raising event is the much-anticipated Scramble for a Cure golf tournament held each year at the Broadus Rolling Hills Golf Course the first weekend in August.

Participants can report steps each Monday for the previous week by going to http://www.powderrivertrails.com, or e-mail to powderriver@montana .edu or call in to 406-436-2424. Let’s keep WALKING!