Calling all runners, walkers, and those who only do these things if you are being chased! Once again, The Caleb Effect will be participating in the OKC Memorial Marathon on Sunday! This is an event to remember the 168 victims of the bombing of the Murrah Building on April 19th, 1995 (click on the link at the bottom to learn more about each person) and to support The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum.
Caleb absolutely LOVED race day! Seeing new excited faces, bands playing, giving unlimited high fives to the runners, and being the cutest, jumping fan, clapping and beaming with joy was so much fun for him. In fact, some of our last, precious memories of Caleb were made at the 2016 race. A week later our little life of the party was gone. We want to make sure he is always there in spirit so we have had a relay team and various runners participating with The Caleb Effect shirt in his honor (and around the world) ever since.
If you would like to join us either in the race, somewhere along the course, or WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THE WORLD, please download this special template we created just for this event and spread the love by handing out a few vroom vrooms. Post on our Facebook page which of the 168 names you will be writing in the blanks when you hand these to an unsuspecting child (see The Caleb Effect Facebook page for the up-to-date list of those still needing someone to honor them). Even if we have to find a way to carry 168 vroom vrooms with us, every person WILL be remembered on Sunday!
Before losing Caleb, we ran this race many times to remember all the lives lost and to honor Caleb's great-aunt, Ruth, a survivor who lost her eye, a job she loved, and too many dear friends. Every mile of every race we run is dedicated to someone who is no longer here physically. We run for those who can't and we hope you will feel compelled to do something, too.
As the event website says, "Our mission is to celebrate life, reach for the future, honor the memories of those who were killed and unite the world in hope. This is not just another marathon. It is a Run to Remember…and a race to show that we can each make a difference and change the world."
The Caleb Effect believes in making a difference and we know one forever 2-year-old who will be with us every step of the way. We can't wait to see all of you changing the world in Caleb's memory and feeling The Caleb Effect wherever life takes you. "Auntie Ruth" will be waiting for you at the finish line to give you your medal. See you next Sunday!
https://oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org/people/
Lucio Aleman Jr.
Teresa Antionette Alexander
Richard A. Allen
Ted L Allen
Miss Baylee Almon
Diane (Hollingsworth) Althouse
Rebecca Needham Anderson
Pamela Cleveland Argo
Saundra G. (Sandy) Avery
Peter R. Avillanoza
Calvin Battle
Peola Battle
Danielle Nicole Bell
Oleta Christine Biddy
Shelly D. Bland
Andrea Yvette Blanton
Olen Burl Bloomer
Lola Bolden
James E. Boles
Mark Allen Bolte
Casandra Kay Booker
Carol Louise Bowers
Peachlyn Bradley
Woodrow Clifford “Woody” Brady
Cynthia L. Brown
Paul Gregory Beatty Broxterman
Gabreon D. L. Bruce
Kimberly Ruth Burgess
David Neil Burkett
Donald Earl Burns, Sr.
Karen Gist Carr
Michael Carrillo
Zackary Taylor Chavez
Robert N. Chipman
Kimberly Kay Clark
Dr. Margaret L. “Peggy” Clark
Antonio Ansara Cooper Jr.
Anthony Christopher Cooper II
Dana LeAnne Cooper
Harley Richard Cottingham
Kim R. Cousins
Aaron M. Coverdale
Elijah Coverdale
Jaci Rae Coyne
Katherine Louise Cregan
Richard (Dick) Cummins
Steven Douglas Curry
Brenda Faye Daniels
Benjamin LaRanzo Davis
Diana Lynn Day
Peter L. DeMaster
Castine Brooks Hearn Deveroux
Tylor Santoi Eaves
Ashley Megan Eckles
Susan Jane Ferrell
Carrol June “Chip” Fields
Kathy A. Finley
Judy J. (Froh) Fisher
Linda Louise Florence
Mary Anne Fritzler
Donald Fritzler
Tevin D’Aundrae Garrett
Laura Jane Garrison
Jamie (Fialkowski) Genzer
Sheila R. Gigger-Driver and baby
Margaret Betterton Goodson
Kevin “Lee” Gottshall II
Ethel L. Griffin
J. Colleen Guiles
Randolph A. Guzman
Cheryl E. Hammon
Ronald Vernon Harding, Sr.
Thomas Lynn Hawthorne Sr.
Doris “Adele” Higginbottom
Anita Christine Hightower
Thompson Eugene “Gene” Hodges, Jr.
Peggy Louise Holland
Linda Coleen Housley
George Michael Howard DVM
Wanda Lee Howell
Robbin Ann Huff and baby
Jean Hurlburt
Dr. Charles Erwin Hurlburt
Paul D. Ice
Christi Yolanda Jenkins
Norma Jean Johnson
Raymond Lee Johnson
Dominique Ravae (Johnson)-London
Larry James Jones
Alvin J. Justes
Blake Ryan Kennedy
Carole Sue Khalil
Valerie Jo Koelsch
Ann Kreymborg
Rona Linn Kuehner-Chafey
Teresa Lea Taylor Lauderdale
Mary Leasure-Rentie
Kathy Cagle Leinen
Carrie Ann Lenz and baby
Donald Ray Leonard
LaKesha Richardson Levy
Rheta Bender Long
Michael L. Loudenslager
Robert Lee Luster Jr.
Aurelia Donna Luster
Mickey B. Maroney
James K. Martin
Rev. Gilbert X. Martinez
James A. McCarthy II
Kenneth Glenn McCullough
Betsy J. (Beebe) McGonnell
Linda G. McKinney
Cartney J. McRaven
Claude Arthur Medearis
Claudette (Duke) Meek
Frankie Ann Merrell
Derwin W. Miller
Eula Leigh Mitchell
John C. Moss III
Ronota Ann Newberry-Woodbridge
Patricia Ann Nix
Jerry Lee Parker
Jill Diane Randolph
Michelle A. Reeder
Terry Smith Rees
Antonio “Tony” C. Reyes
Kathryn Elizabeth Ridley
Trudy Jean Rigney
Claudine Ritter
Christy Rosas
Sonja Lynn Sanders
Lanny Lee David Scroggins
Kathy Lynn Seidl
Leora Lee Sells
Karan Howell Shepherd
Colton Wade Smith
Chase Dalton Smith
Victoria (Vickey) L. Sohn
John Thomas Stewart
Dolores (Dee) Stratton
Emilio Tapia
Victoria Jeanette Texter
Charlotte Andrea Lewis Thomas
Michael George Thompson
Virginia M. Thompson
Kayla Marie Titsworth
Rick L. Tomlin
LaRue A. Treanor
Luther Treanor
Larry L. Turner
Jules A. Valdez
John Karl Van Ess III
Johnny Allen Wade
Robert N. Walker Jr.
David Jack Walker
Wanda Lee Watkins
Michael D. Weaver
Julie Marie Welch
Robert G. Westberry
Alan G. Whicher
Jo Ann Whittenberg
Frances “Fran” Ann Williams
Scott D. Williams
W. Stephen Williams
Clarence Eugene Wilson, Sr.
Sharon Louise Wood-Chesnut
Tresia Jo Worton
John A. Youngblood
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