This summer would have been my 5th year volunteering at the Annual July 4th Peachtree Road Race (60,000 participant event in Atlanta). I ran it once but really love volunteering at it just as much. But as you can guess this year, thanks to Covid the race didn't happen. It was postponed until today, Thanksgiving morning. Then of course thanks to Covid, it became a virtual race. I was given the opportunity to earn my volunteer shirt by doing some act of service. Among the many options was the suggestion to be a personal volunteer for someone running the virtual race. That sounded way more fun and creative than donating canned goods. So Pete the Cat (for whom this is his 3rd year as a volunteer) and I set out to encourage my friends Lisa and Mary Katherine as well as anyone else passing by my house. It wasn't quite the same but provided a little bit of that "feel good community vibe" of the Peachtree as I spent Thanksgiving morning on the porch cheering on and chatting with the people who passed my way.
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