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Serum Run New information2011 Serum Run Team Selection

Congratulations! Below is the list for the 2011 Serum Run. The decision was not easy and made for many sleepless nights. Typically we would only take 12-13 mushers, but we had so many highly experienced applicants we extended the number which can make things a little tricky in some areas with parking and sleeping. The choice was based on many factors such as experience, reason for wanting to go, and partner along with ability for attending events.

Please note that there are still several “hoops” that need to be jumped through in order to guarantee your departure from Nenana such as meeting attendance, event attendance, food drops, paying of fee, and retaining snowmachine partner (mushers better be nice to them for the next 9 months!) to name a few.

Those on the alternate list the decision wasn’t easy and we encourage you to still participate with the group on all things and maintain your training schedule because you just don’t know when you may have an opportunity to be moved into a permanent slot. You will know your status BEFORE January 1, 2011. However, if you would like to consider going as a snowmachiner please let us know as it would be great to have mushers that are machine able on the trail too to help with many of the daily aspects of the trip. I know it’s not mushing, but you still get to see the trail and even interact more in the villages and see more than a musher would. It’s a great learning experience too!

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Also, right after this email I am going to send the same email using my more common email address: erin@winddieselpower.com If you don’t receive it, please let me know. Sometimes that address ends up in people’s spam folder, so check there and then OK the address.

Here in the next few weeks we would like to try and have a teleconference with the group (I know it’s hard for some because of working on the glacier, etc but let us know ASAP what day of week and time works best for you).

Here are your 2011 Serum Run Participants (drum roll please):


 Mushers    Machiner
 Erin McLarnon    Kent Kantowski
 Robert Bear    Daniel Paris
 Margaret Black    Jim Brown
 Scott Chesney    Tim DeVries
 Jeff Davis    John Wilber
 Julie DeLoach    William Grimes
 Donald Duncan    Jerry Vanek
 Heather Hamblin    Jennifer Meyer
 Joe Holod    Stephen Wilson
 Molly McCarty    Aaron Brown
 Von Martin    Amy Whisler
 Terrance Shanigan    Andrew "Buddy" Giddens
 Jan Steves    Ricky Klement
 Evie Wakulenko    Patti Paris
 Jeanne Whitefeather    Don Lantz
 Alternates:    
 Jim Ryder    
 Jenny Evans    
 Stephanie Masters Johnson    
 Tom Shepard    
 Trail Veternarians    
 Lee Bolt    
 Lyndall Soule    




Serum Run changes event format
The Norman Vaughan Serum Run is now a Biennial Event running in the odd years, with the next event taking place in Feb. 2011. However, in the even years starting in Feb. 2010 we plan to hold a Serum Run Boot Camp for those interested in the Nenana to Nome Serum Run in 2011. We are looking at holding the Serum Run Boot Camp on February 12 – 15 (tentative dates), 2010 where interested mushers and snowmachiners can get a better idea of what the Serum ’25 Run is all about. The trip is limited to 15 mushers and 25 snowmachiners. Serum Run veterans are encouraged to apply, but future, first-time Serum Runners will be given priority.

2010 Serum Run Application Process
The Norman Vaughan Serum Run ’25 is changing their application process for the 2011 run. Applications are now DUE by APRIL 15th, 2010, with notifications by May 1st. This change in the application process gives chosen participants more time to prepare for the run set to take place from February 20 – March 11, 2011. Mandatory meetings for the event will start in late September 2010.

There has also been one additional 24-hour layover added in Manley. Therefore, the Serum Run is now a 19-day expedition instead of an 18-day expedition.

For more information, please contact Kent Kantowski (kent@kakphoto.com) or Erin McLarnon (mushing@gci.net)
 

2010 Serum Run Boot Camp
Who is Norman Vaughan?
The Norman Vaughan Serum '25 Run will be holding a Serum Run Boot Camp on February 12 – 15 (tentative dates), 2010 where interested mushers and snowmachiners can get a better idea of what the Serum ’25 Run is all about.

The trip is limited to 15 mushers and 25 snowmachiners.   Serum Run veterans are encouraged to apply, but future, first-time Serum Runners will be given priority.




Norman Vaughan in Nenana in 2005
Using History to Preserve the Future
Serum Run '25 is a dog team journey with snow machine support across 768 miles of Alaska's frozen rivers, tundra and sea ice from Nenana to Nome. The mission of this annual trip is twofold. First, it is to commemorate the twenty men and their dog teams who relayed crucial diphtheria serum to Nome, saving countless lives. Second, and more importantly, it is to widen the awareness throughout Alaska of the need for inoculations for every single child and to stress important health issues such as immunizations, medical exams & cancer screening, tobacco cessation, accident prevention, HIV awareness and drug and alcohol abstinence.

Mushers and their snow machining partners along with over 150 sled dogs will retrace the route of the original Serum Run. Stopping at each village and school along the way, they will rekindle the spirit of the Serum Run by bringing a message to school children and their parents regarding the need for inoculations, awareness and making healthy lifestyle choices.

It is important to remember this story and keep it alive through our annual 1925 Serum Run to Nome. It is important to honor the men and dogs that virtually saved the life of Nome. It is even more important to honor our children by educating them about their health.
Learn about Immunization.





"In Alaska Native culture, it is the good you do for others and in life that is important rather than the importance of things you have done. Allow people to show you their kindness and goodness, and in return show yours, and you will be remembered well and welcomed back anytime."



1925 Serum Run





Past Serum Runs:











Now you can track them across the state of Alaska. Along the entire 2009 Serum Run Click Here



Our 2009 Honorary Musher
Jerry Purser

Spirit of the Serum Run Award Community: Manley Hot Springs for all their years of hospitality and dedication to the Serum Run

Individual: Richard Burnham, Kaltag for all his years of selfless service to the Serum Run as their food drop coordinator, drop dog caretaker transporter, trail informer, the list can go on and on.