November 16 was a beautiful day for a race! The 1st Annual Schurz Schuffle is now in the books! Thank you to everyone who joined us on Saturday and thank you to everyone involved in making this event a huge success!
Check out more photos from the day on the FOS Facebook page
Thank you to the Schurz baseball team and Schurz staff Amy, Julio and Cathy for keeping the traffic flowing through the neighborhood and helping keep runners safe.
Thank you Schurz students Jamila and Gus for cheering on the runners as the official Bulldog mascots!
Thank you to our security guards Daniel Sotelo Jr and Vince and our custodial and engineering staff.
Thank you to our school administration for helping ensure we had everything we needed to ensure an amazing event.
Thank you to future Schurz Bulldog (we certainly hope so!!!) Ben for setting up a spirit stop in front of his home with refreshments for the runners and for all of the other OIP neighbors along the race route that came out to ring their bells and cheer us on!
Thank you to the 5K committee Jodie Podraza Schaefer, Tom Scholle, Heather Debby Legan, Katie Orozco, Dorothy Wozniak Barrett, Barbara Gallagher Cohn, John Karnuth, and Cathy West Karnuth
Thank you to Portage Grounds, Starbucks, and Chicago Taco Authority CTA for warming up our cold hands and bodies with delicious hot cocoa, coffee and pozole!
Thank you to our raffle donors Jewel-Osco, Old Irving Brewing Co., Eris Brewery and Cider House, Foundation Tavern & Grille, and UpBeat Music and Arts.
Thank you to our business sponsors Park Place Group Real Estate, Tom Brandt, XOX Hair Studio, B&M Auto Collision Center, S&T Automotive, BRUDDERS' Sports Bar, Irving Park YMCA, Trattoria Porretta Ristorante, Pizzeria, and Catering, La Villa Restaurant, The Booze Hound at Grayland Station, Edible Arrangements, Jeff's Red Hots, Berman Subaru of Chicago, and to community members Barbara & Stephen Cohn and Missy & Bart Goldberg for their financial support.
We thank you from the bottom of our collective hearts!
We cannot wait for next year!
Save the date! Saturday, October 24th!
Love Purple. Live Gold. Go Bulldogs!