Hello there, MAD Clubbers! As you all know, the US Half Marathon is coming up this Sunday, but did you know that the Treasure Island Triathlon is also taking place this weekend? MAD is lucky enough to have the opportunity to volunteer at both events, so we're going to have a busy weekend!

We need about 15 volunteers for Saturday, November 4th from 9AM to 3PM to help out with Finish Line Food at the Treasure Island Triathlon. You probably already guessed it from the name of the triathlon, but this event will be taking place on Treasure Island. MAD was in charge of the Finish Line Food tent at the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon last June and it was a lot of fun, so volunteers should have a blast working at the Treasure Island food tent! Volunteers will receive a free t-shirt, lots of free food to snack on (and probably some left-over food to bring home), and five (5) credits for participating at this event.

We can only take around 40 volunteers with us to the US Half Marathon on Sunday, November 5th, so volunteers who signed up for the US Half Marathon will get priority in switching to/signing up for the fifteen spots for the Treasure Island Triathlon.

If you are interested in volunteering at the Treasure Island Triathlon, please send me an e-mail at makeadifferenceclub@gmail.com with "TREASURE ISLAND TRIATHLON 2006" in the subject line. Don't forget to include your name and reg in the message! If you signed up for the US Half Marathon and are e-mailing me to switch, please also mention that in the e-mail.

Our second event of the weekend will be the US Half Marathon on Sunday, November 5th at Ghiradelli Square from 6AM to 11AM. This event is also worth five (5) credits.

We had an overwhelming number of members showing interest in volunteering at the US Half Marathon, and we are very happy that everyone is so willing to help out, but we can only bring 40 volunteers with us to this event. The following list is of the first forty people who signed up for this event either at a club meeting or through e-mail:

1. Eva Luo 0909
2. Connie Tran 0905
3. Carol Liang
4. Sirena Louie
5. Anne Yan
6. Amy Yan 1003
7. Kelly Tam
8. Susan Lim 1019
9. Wendy Chak 1019
10. Sandy Diao 0906
11. Latisha Chan 0902
12. Wendy Kwan 0914
13. Stephanie Tong 0908
14. Wing Cheuk 0820
15. Teresa Zhou 1012
16. Daisy Mah 0903
17. Jeremy Mah 1009
18. Viktoriya Figlina 0905
19. Judy Cheng 0906
20. Danna Hong 0913
21. Calvin Chin 1006
22. Telly Cheung
23. Tina Liu 0914
24. Karen Chen 0914
25. Lily Wong 0919
26. Emily Wang 0909
27. Jenny Fong 0907
28. Natsha Sadikin 1016
29. Mindy Hyunh 1011
30. Jonathan Siu 1013
31. Aileen Luo 1010
32. Jenny Huynh 1010
33. Shyana Sadiq 0807
34. Diana Chan 1016
35. Jason Jee 0802
36. Allison Nguyen 0801
37. Justin Chan 0801
38. Elaine Situ 0805
39. Vickie Chung
40. Carol Mamon

If your name is one of the forty listed above and you would like to switch to volunteering at Treasure Island Triathlon finish line food tent, please e-mail me at makeadifferenceclub@gmail.com and don't forget to include our name, reg, and list number (1-40) in the body of your message!

If your name is on the first forty list and you no longer wish to volunteer at the US Half Marathon for whatever reason, please e-mail me to let me know so somebody from the waiting list can fill your spot. You will not be penalized if you let me know by no later than Monday, October 23rd.

People from the waiting list below will be given the chance to fill open spots from the top down - all names are listed in the order in which I received sign-up requests:

Diana Liem 0903
Paula Fon 0914
Linda Tsang 0716
Odalis L. Mandereau 1015
Lily Guan 0811
Irene Cheung 0807
Tiffany Vu 0816
Annie Wong 0805
Victoria Wong 0803
Janet Lee 0903
Angela Lau
Christine Trinh 0804
Yvonne Kong 0819
Aimee Howard 0812
Michele Chui 0818
Nora Casey 0815

I encourage all volunteers on the waiting list to consider volunteering at the Treasure Island Triathlon instead (you guys get priority!) because it will be a lot of fun and both events are worth the same number of credits (5). Treasure Island is a lot closer than you think it is! Depending on which part of the city you live in, getting to Treasure Island may actually take less than than it would take for you to get to Ghiradelli Square.

Feel free to e-mail me with any additional questions.

Thanks!