Congratulations to our 15 IRON PICKERS who made the full journey of 12 hours in 2025!
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Click here to see highlights from our February 22, 2025 Marathon Jam!
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Update on MJ Board
Your Marathon Jam Board has been hard at work re-invigorating our Healing through Music Mission and engaging more volunteers to help us “shape the future”. We have been building a Marathon Jam® Strategy Map (see below) as a way to keep us grounded and focused on why we exist. Our 2025 Board of Directors includes Tom O’Shea (President), Dan Jones (Vice-President), Robert Welch (Secretary), Karen Pepin (Treasurer) along with at-large members Charles Fields (Past President), Kirby Heard, Bruce Day and Susan Borgesi.
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Our MJ Hospital Volunteers have been hard at work!
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Many thanks to Robert Welch for his leadership in organizing our MJ Hospital Volunteer efforts. The MJ Volunteer team for Kernersville VA Clinic and NC State Veterans Home have been incredibly dedicated soldiers for our cause.
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Special recognition also for our dearly departed Steve Wetzel –
awarded the MJ Founders Award for his dedication and service. |
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First Annual MJ "Healing through Music & Movement" Workshop
A special thanks to our Planning Team who organized and conducted a very successful kickoff for this special effort including Robert Welch, Natalie Wurz, Michele Greenwell, Colin MacLeod, Lyn Koonce, Sarah Arnett and Tom O’Shea. We had over 50 participants attend a full day event at Stonefield Cellars Winery in Stokesdale. Check out this video clip of highlights of the events and our generous sponsors. www.marathonjam.org/htm
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Marathon Jam™ Donation Update
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In 2025, through your donations, we have and will be making contributions to Fisher Houses at Camp LeJeune & Fort Bragg, Camp Corral Summer Camps for children of fallen warriors, NC Peer-to-Peer Support for First Responders and Restoration Quarters – the nation’s largest program for homeless veterans located in Asheville, NC.
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Congratulations to Julien McCarthy
 MJ President Tom O’Shea presenting a special "MJ Commemorative Coin” to Julien McCarthy in appreciation of his tireless efforts to support Marathon Jam by organizing mini-jam busking at special events. For more information about how you can create your own “mini-jam” event using our QR codes for donations, contact us at info@marathonjam.org. :-)
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Many thanks to Durham Quilting Guild for their support of Marathon Jam.
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Send Checks To: Marathon Jam P.O. Box 98654 Raleigh, NC 27624
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