Erin Brown Hikes for Her Father and Gilda's Club Madison Wisconsin

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - April 11, 2007
For more information, please contact:
Sara Sinaiko, President and CEO, Gilda’s Club Madison Wisconsin
608/273-8880 or ssinaiko@gildasclubmadison.org

In late April, Erin Brown, known in the trail community as TeaTree, will begin hiking from the Mexican border town of Campo, California and hopes to get all the way to Manning Park, British Columbia sometime in September or early October.

The Pacific Crest Trail, as it is known, is over 2,600 miles from end to end. Erin is hiking in memory of her father, Christopher Brown, who passed away last October and for Gilda’s Club Madison Wisconsin. She is seeking donations for each mile walked.

You can follow along with her journey from the planning stages, and then from Mexico to Canada at www.trailjournals.com/teatree07.

Contributions can be made directly to Gilda’s Club Madison Wisconsin. Click here for a pledge form.

If you want to wish Erin well and contribute in person, please attend Erin’s Send Off Party at the Great Dane Brew Pub at Hilldale from 5:00-7:00 pm on Wednesday, April 18. Friends and supporters of Gilda's Club Madison Wisconsin are all welcome. Please RSVP to info@gildasclubmadison.org.

Gilda’s Club Madison Wisconsin: Gilda's Club Madison Wisconsin is part of a network of 28 Gilda's Club affiliate organizations that exist across North America. There are 20 open clubhouses and 8 in development, and Gilda's Club Madison Wisconsin is in the development phase, actively working to raise enough funding to open their signature red clubhouse doors.

Once they are open, Gilda's Club Madison Wisconsin will offer a free program of social and emotional support for anyone touched by cancer. Men, women and children, as well as their families and friends are welcome to participate in support groups, lectures, workshops and social events. Gilda's Clubs are non-residential, but they all have a warm, home-like environment. There is even a special program for children called Noogieland, named for Gilda Radner's character, Lisa Loopner from Saturday Night Live.

Gilda’s Club Madison Wisconsin, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization. Gilda’s Club Madison Wisconsin’s temporary offices are located at 3000 Cahill Main, Suite 201, Madison, WI 53711. Phone 608/ 273-8880.