Still hanging in Philadelphia

We spent a few more days in Philadelphia to help gear up and kick off the Center City WalkAmerica on April 29th!! Our days were filled up to the brim with different meetings, visits, meet & greet's and even a very exciting chance meeting...
Right before the Center City WalkAmerica kickoff, Betty and Zeek had a few minutes with Ed Hanway, CEO and Chairman of Cigna. Long time sponsor's both locally and on the national level, Ed presented Zeek with a few art books that we have already looked at cover to cover several times! Thanks, Ed!

Zeek also had the opportunity to meet with the mayor of Philadelphia, Mayor Street and was presented with and official Liberty Bell statue...Zeek was pretty excited to see his name was on the plaque!
A little later in the day, we headed up to Reed Smith to share our story and talk to the employees and team captains to thank them for all they do and get them excited for WalkAmerica...here Zeek is already wearing his gift and checking out another.

Next stop B101 radio station where Zeek and Betty hit the airwaves for the second time that day!
After receiving the Liberty Bell Statue we thought it would only be right to have Betty and Zeek get to see the real thing...
...and there we met (by chance) the Secretary of the Interior, Sec. Kempthorne. He and Zeek spent a few minutes together and even traded business cards!
Then is was the most exciting moment for the littlest chef around. Long time volunteer and Star Chef for the March of Dimes, Rosario Romano, invited Zeek back in the kitchen at Panorama Ristorante to help prepare out antipasti! Zeek got all dressed up and dove right in. He definitely left his mark...
...and even served us at the table! Check out that proud little grin on his face :)

Before the week was over we were back on the radio with Paul at Metro Networks. Zeek presented him with a March of Dimes bear, and he and his mom shared there stories with all the listeners.

And another chance meeting...Zeek and Betty ran into the local King of Prussia ambassadors at the March of Dimes office! Who knows...maybe one day they'll be on the road like Zeek!
Before we headed out of town, we had to stop at Kenexa to meet the March of Wings champion who ate his way into saving babies...He ate a whopping 52 wings...phew, that is hard work!
'Strike a Pose' ~ Zeek's in rare form and getting a little loopy from all this traveling. Maybe he had a little GQ in his future!!
And our last stop on the Philadelphia tour was quite astounding...we learned that McNeil has increased their corporate sponsorship from $10K to $25K!!! WELL DONE!! What a great way to end a fantastic week!

Today we headed up to Providence, RI to start off our week a little early. We only have a short break until we start up again tomorrow...but we are enjoying every minute of it!