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2009 Serum Run Schedule:
Leaving Nenana on the 22nd February 2009, and arriving tentatively in
Nome on the 12th of March 2009



1925 Serum Run
Dear 2009 Serum Run Participants
Congratulations! Are you ready for the trip of a lifetime and to be inundated with emails? Well, I hope so because you are embarking on probably one of the largest trips you will ever do in your life. First, let me apologize for letting this selection process take longer than normal but it’s never easy to decide the list. As usual we are having issues with snowmachiner sign-ups, but the crazy thing is it isn’t the lack of applicants, but the lack of applicants with machines. Therefore, it took us sometime to get folks paired up with partners that have equipment. Snowmachiners are a huge part of making this trip a success and the more we have the better we are, so over time our snowmachine pool may change. Right now, our group consists of 11 mushers with 3 alternates and currently 19 snowmachiers. 2009 participants list click here







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."