{"id":45416,"date":"2014-01-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-11T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/01\/11\/unmc-skate-a-thon-for-parkinsons-raises-about-20000\/"},"modified":"2022-08-22T16:27:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T21:27:35","slug":"unmc-skate-a-thon-for-parkinsons-raises-about-20000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/01\/11\/unmc-skate-a-thon-for-parkinsons-raises-about-20000\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s raises about $20,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nThe 4th<\/sup> annual UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s wrapped up at noon today highlighted by four skaters making it through all 24 hours on the ice.<\/p>\n

\nThe four skaters – Jim Hinrichs, Kevin Powers, John Seminara and Ronnie Stark – pulled off a feat that may never have been accomplished before. An Internet search for longest continual time on ice skates produced no comparable results.<\/p>\n

\n“What an effort,” said Ted Wuebben, whose family started the started the 24-hour skate-a-thon in 2008 by flooding their back yard. “It’s almost unimaginable what they did. They are all personal friends of our family, and I couldn’t be prouder of them for stepping up and making this happen.”<\/p>\n

\nAmazingly, this year’s skate-a-thon was blessed with moderate weather after an exceptional stretch of bone-chilling weather in Omaha.<\/p>\n

\nDonations are still pouring in, but early returns would indicate that the event will raise in the neighborhood of $20,000, said Jenny Knutson, who is the daughter of Ted and Colleen Wuebben and one of the key organizers of the event.<\/p>\n

\nThis year’s skate-a-thon served as a memorial event for Colleen, who died nearly 11 months ago at the age of 60. She had battled Parkinson’s since 2005.<\/p>\n

\nProceeds go toward:<\/p>\n