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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