Those Ohio CMN ‘Marchers’ in Third Day

IRWIN, Ohio — In a follow-up to Sunday’s “Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Run” for charity, a hardy band of Ohio CU executives were doing their own thing Tuesday in a daily walkathon from Columbus to Cincinnati.

The “Marching Miles for Miracle Kids” benefiting Children’s Miracle Network hospitals landed in this south central Ohio community overnight “and today we are in great spirits and expecting 70 degree temperatures for the marchers,” said spokeswoman Jamie Crooks, calling Credit Union Times from an RV behind a dozen walkers.

The “Marching Miles” project, now in its third day and aimed at showing CU generosity and community involvement, is the creation of Bill Butler, president/CEO of Ohio Healthcare Federal Credit Union of Dublin where the 180-mile march began on Sunday, the same day as the Washington 10 mile run.

The Ohio March hopes to raise $75,000 by April 19 at the end of the walk in Cincinnati in time for the Ohio Credit Union League’s annual convention.

Nearly 50 Ohio CU executives and families showed up on Sunday for speeches with 20 taking part in the first day’s 10-mile walk to from a children’s hospital in Dublin to Western Credit Union in Plain City. Today’s walk is to end in Mechanicsburg, a distance of six miles. - jrubenscut@aol.com  

Reprinted from Credit Union Times