2024 Miles of Smiles for Micala
Thursday, December 19 – Sunday, December 22, 2024
Past event
12:00 AM EST (midnight)
Olmsted Falls, Ohio
Free · 1 race
Event summary
Join us for the inspiring 2024 Miles of Smiles for Micala, a heartwarming virtual event taking place from Thursday, December 19th to Sunday, December 22nd, 2024. This year, we celebrate Micala's 46th birthday while honoring her legacy through a collective effort of running, biking, jogging, and walking. Participants from around the globe are invited to log their miles online in support of a vital cause.
All donations raised during this event will benefit A Family for Every Orphan (AFFEO), an organization dedicated to finding loving families for orphaned children worldwide, a mission that Micala passionately championed. With no participation fee, we encourage everyone to consider making a donation to help make Micala's dream of a world without orphans a reality. Together, we can make a difference—one step at a time! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to honor Micala’s memory and inspire others while spreading smiles this holiday season.
All donations raised during this event will benefit A Family for Every Orphan (AFFEO), an organization dedicated to finding loving families for orphaned children worldwide, a mission that Micala passionately championed. With no participation fee, we encourage everyone to consider making a donation to help make Micala's dream of a world without orphans a reality. Together, we can make a difference—one step at a time! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to honor Micala’s memory and inspire others while spreading smiles this holiday season.
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2024 Miles of Smiles for Micala
VirtualThis is a virtual event ... it will span a period of four days starting no Micala's 46th birthday, Dec-19th and ending on Dec-22nd. Although this is a non-competitive event you still are encouraged to enter your miles daily. These will be the miles you ran, walked, biked, skied, swam, or crawled ... the idea is to INSPIRE others with what you have ACTED on, as a living tribute to Micala's legacy !
Entries closedThursday, Dec 19, 2024
Free
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2024 MILES OF SMILES
The fifth annual MILES OF SMILES FOR MICALA will be held virtually and will start on Micala's 46th birthday, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19TH, and will end on SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22ND. Please come join us as we run, bike, jog, and/or walk and log your miles on the event website in honor of MICALA (Christie Hicks) SILER. We will participate in this virtual run "together" from wherever you are in the world.
2024 DONATIONS WILL GO TO_ A FAMILY FOR EVERY ORPHAN (AFFEO)
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MICALA was the founding Executive Director of A FAMILY FOR EVERY ORPHAN (AFFEO), a charity with a global reach and the singular objective of finding loving families for the _unparented_ children of the world. Her vision of creating a world without orphans was fueled by the reality that too many children are required to navigate life in institutional care or simply fend for themselves. MICALA was quick to point out a statistic she culled from a United Nation's data base; i.e., if all of the world's children were placed together in one geographic location it would constitute the world's fourth most populous country.
Since the time MICALA was barely able to walk, she developed an unusually deep appreciation of what it meant to care for others. First with her six younger siblings, later with her network of friends and eventually with the world's needy. This came from a very early appreciation for what God had given her in life and her strong desire to feed those who hungered for what she had in abundance ... a loving and nurturing home.
We are asking you to help her family honor MICALA'S memory by participating in an event that is structured to do two things. FIRST, we want to raise awareness of the global problem of orphaned children and the wonderful work AFFEO is currently doing to address this crisis. SECOND, we would like to provide you with a meaningful way to honor MICALA'S legacy and to reflect on how your life is an inspiration to others ... and if not, then why?
AFFEO continues MICALA'S vision through their tireless work in some of the most impoverished and war-torn regions of the world. This year, all funds raised from MILES OF SMILES FOR MICALA will go toward AFFEO's general mission with a particular focus on providing support for children who have lost parents due to armed conflict.
There is no fee to participate in this event. We are only asking that you give prayerful consideration of a donation to support AFFEO's mission ... to make Micala's vision of a "_world without orphans" _closer to reality ... with one step at a time, to save one child at a time:
CLICK HERE TO DONATE TO AFFEO https://afamilyforeveryorphan.org/remembering-micala-2024
Follow this link to learn more about A FAMILY FOR EVERY ORPHAN https://afamilyforeveryorphan.org
Follow this link (SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM) to learn more about the life of MICALA CHRISTIE HICKS SILER https://afamilyforeveryorphan.org/about-us/#founding
COMMEMORATIVE SHIRTS AND HOODIES:
This year's tee-shirt/hoodie design was created with input from with NOELLE and KEIRA (Micala's two oldest daughters, now 6th and 8th grade, respectively). The center of the shirt is the AFFEO logo which is lovingly wrapped in an angel wings. Under the wings, read three words; PRAY. ACT. INSPIRE.
937 INK, a local Springboro company has generously offered to donate 20% of the proceeds from our shirt sales this year to AFFEO. T-shirts will be shipped directly to you at your home address or if you live in Springboro you may make arrangements to pick them up. YOU WILL NEED TO PLACE THE ORDERS PRIOR TO DEC-8TH. After this date the on-line store will close so that they will have time to do the printing and allow time for delivery by the start of the event on Dec-19th.
TO PLACE YOUR TEE-SHIRT / SWEATSHIRT / HOODIE ORDERS: 937 INK ON-LINE STORE https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__937ink.printavo.com_merch_milesofsmilesonlinestore2024&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=9DR7uEr_WoNZZw0YbG5jGf_sKMb8aHm2XKdrKVr9G3w&m=UJBIG1L49uQnNeX9VPbhb3X9tfxaryG1lgVAyGgUkp_9U9HAbr7KZ1kF_Cj9SHnM&s=g6QwKDesq3ZFL6wN-tAs5Uq5aMXwpNc0LVaiP8A1cXI&e= - BEFORE DEC 8TH.
The fifth annual MILES OF SMILES FOR MICALA will be held virtually and will start on Micala's 46th birthday, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19TH, and will end on SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22ND. Please come join us as we run, bike, jog, and/or walk and log your miles on the event website in honor of MICALA (Christie Hicks) SILER. We will participate in this virtual run "together" from wherever you are in the world.
2024 DONATIONS WILL GO TO_ A FAMILY FOR EVERY ORPHAN (AFFEO)
_
MICALA was the founding Executive Director of A FAMILY FOR EVERY ORPHAN (AFFEO), a charity with a global reach and the singular objective of finding loving families for the _unparented_ children of the world. Her vision of creating a world without orphans was fueled by the reality that too many children are required to navigate life in institutional care or simply fend for themselves. MICALA was quick to point out a statistic she culled from a United Nation's data base; i.e., if all of the world's children were placed together in one geographic location it would constitute the world's fourth most populous country.
Since the time MICALA was barely able to walk, she developed an unusually deep appreciation of what it meant to care for others. First with her six younger siblings, later with her network of friends and eventually with the world's needy. This came from a very early appreciation for what God had given her in life and her strong desire to feed those who hungered for what she had in abundance ... a loving and nurturing home.
We are asking you to help her family honor MICALA'S memory by participating in an event that is structured to do two things. FIRST, we want to raise awareness of the global problem of orphaned children and the wonderful work AFFEO is currently doing to address this crisis. SECOND, we would like to provide you with a meaningful way to honor MICALA'S legacy and to reflect on how your life is an inspiration to others ... and if not, then why?
AFFEO continues MICALA'S vision through their tireless work in some of the most impoverished and war-torn regions of the world. This year, all funds raised from MILES OF SMILES FOR MICALA will go toward AFFEO's general mission with a particular focus on providing support for children who have lost parents due to armed conflict.
There is no fee to participate in this event. We are only asking that you give prayerful consideration of a donation to support AFFEO's mission ... to make Micala's vision of a "_world without orphans" _closer to reality ... with one step at a time, to save one child at a time:
CLICK HERE TO DONATE TO AFFEO https://afamilyforeveryorphan.org/remembering-micala-2024
Follow this link to learn more about A FAMILY FOR EVERY ORPHAN https://afamilyforeveryorphan.org
Follow this link (SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM) to learn more about the life of MICALA CHRISTIE HICKS SILER https://afamilyforeveryorphan.org/about-us/#founding
COMMEMORATIVE SHIRTS AND HOODIES:
This year's tee-shirt/hoodie design was created with input from with NOELLE and KEIRA (Micala's two oldest daughters, now 6th and 8th grade, respectively). The center of the shirt is the AFFEO logo which is lovingly wrapped in an angel wings. Under the wings, read three words; PRAY. ACT. INSPIRE.
937 INK, a local Springboro company has generously offered to donate 20% of the proceeds from our shirt sales this year to AFFEO. T-shirts will be shipped directly to you at your home address or if you live in Springboro you may make arrangements to pick them up. YOU WILL NEED TO PLACE THE ORDERS PRIOR TO DEC-8TH. After this date the on-line store will close so that they will have time to do the printing and allow time for delivery by the start of the event on Dec-19th.
TO PLACE YOUR TEE-SHIRT / SWEATSHIRT / HOODIE ORDERS: 937 INK ON-LINE STORE https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__937ink.printavo.com_merch_milesofsmilesonlinestore2024&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=9DR7uEr_WoNZZw0YbG5jGf_sKMb8aHm2XKdrKVr9G3w&m=UJBIG1L49uQnNeX9VPbhb3X9tfxaryG1lgVAyGgUkp_9U9HAbr7KZ1kF_Cj9SHnM&s=g6QwKDesq3ZFL6wN-tAs5Uq5aMXwpNc0LVaiP8A1cXI&e= - BEFORE DEC 8TH.
Location
Virtual Race, Olmsted Falls, 44138-2809, OH, United States
2024 Miles of Smiles for Micala
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