Larry Nelson & Heidi Huerta

Tobbe Byrd, Jenny Huerta & Wendy Ellis

Kristin Booker & Dave Farnum

Dana Hall & Paula Shell

Shayne & Noel Hayes

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n the sunny morning of August 4, Running Wild, The City of Gulf Breeze Parks 
and Recreation, and The Capt’n Fun Runners presented the annual Capt’n Fun 
Bushwacker 5K Run to benefi t Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida. 
The race followed a 3.1 mile point to point course beginning in Gulf Breeze at the 

South Santa Rosa Recreation Center on Shoreline Drive, and fi nished on Pensacola Beach at the 
Quietwater Beach Boardwalk after crossing Bob Sikes Bridge. An after party was held at Capt’n 
Fun on the boardwalk, and offered participants free pizza, refreshments, and discounts on 
Bushwhacker drinks by showing their race numbers.

Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is the 

ability to succeed and thrive in life, for over a hundred years.  As the nation’s largest donor and 
volunteer supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored 
matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 6 through 18, in 
communities across the country, by developing positive relationships that have a direct and 
lasting effect on the lives of young people.  Their mission is to provide children facing adversity 
with strong and enduring, professionally supported, one-to-one relationships that change their 
lives for the better, forever. The organization inspires higher aspirations, greater confi dence, and 
building better relationships.

photos & story by

Kristina Wright 

Frank & Susan McKenzie

   VIP Pensacola at Pensacola Beach

Angel Medina, Leighann Dominey & Bethany Lauren

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