The Arc of SC - 50th Anniversary Celebration Dinner Event and Gala

The Home Run

September 22, 2007 Featuring  Miracle Mile Walk and 5K run with  Loretta!

Proceeds from the Miracle Mile Walk to help fund a "Miracle Field" - a special field that is designed solely for children and adults with physical and mental disabilities. The specialized synthetic surface creates easy mobility of wheelchairs and walking devices. This field will allow children and adults with a disability an opportunity to play the game of baseball. http://www.raytannerfoundation.org

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Dinner with Loretta location:

Seawell’s Banquet Center
5:30 p.m-6:30 p.m. Dinner Reception
6:30 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. Event Reception
8:00 p.m. Loretta Claiborne

Ticket Options:
$100 Plate w/reserved seating
$25 - speaking event only

Ticket Reservation Form

Lifetime TV:  Real Woman, Real Hero video clip

San Antonio Living Video Clip
(near bottom of page under Media Coverage)

KENS Channel 5 News Video 
(near bottom of page under Media Coverage)

Loretta Claiborne was the middle of seven children in a poor, single-parent family. Born partially blind and mildly retarded, she was unable to walk or talk until age 4. Eventually, though, she began to run. And before she knew it, she had crossed the finish line of 25 marathons, twice placing among the top 100 women in the Boston Marathon. She's carried the torch in the International Special Olympics, has won medals in dozens of its events, and also holds the current women's record in her age group for the 5000 meters at 17 minutes.

Today, Claiborne is a celebrated athlete who was honored in 1996 with ESPN's ESPY Arthur Ashe Award for Courage. Her life is recounted in Walt Disney Productions The Loretta Claiborne Story (originally broadcast on ABC-TV and now on videocassette) and in the biography In Her Stride published by WorldScapes. Considering all of Claiborne's achievements, these are just small steps in her life's mission to show that persons with mental and physical disabilities are equal to those without.  Please come join us and meet this remarkable woman.