Hey guys,
I know I've been absent here on dA lately and that is because I've had tons of things going on lately, lots of work and one personal challenge that has consumed a lot of my time and thoughts and it has come to a point where I could use some help.

In case of you don't remember, a good friend of mine and class mate from school was brutally murdered on November 08. The worst part is that this wasn't an accident and he died defending the life of his girlfriend and her family. Trial should be in October/November 09 and although it was all over the media, we want to raise conscience so that in spite of all the media fuss people don't forget what really happened, a good and inocent 25 year old man, just starting life, died leaving his girlfriend, family and friends devastated.
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Diego Schmidt-Hebbel was full of life and happyness, he treated everyone with respect, offering friendship and enjoying life every day. He had a sweet girlfriend for over 4 years, had graduated as an economist and had started his first job 3 or 4 months before he past away.

He wanted us to join the 10k Nike run last year, but he didn't live to run it, so we all did in his name!!

We made our own t-shirts and it was a wonderful experience. People cheered us up when we were trying to get to the end of it, I'd never ran in my life, so you can imagine how hard it was! Here in Chile everybody knows Diego's case, and most people (not everyone of course) agrees that both people who did this should pay for what they did (they are both in jail waiting for the trial btw), so they encouraged us to keep going!

It was amazing, here you can see us at the end! [link] and I bet he was laughing his ass off watching us from wherever he is now.

To sum it up, we're all dealing with his death and trying to enjoy our lives, friendships and what each has, everyday.

So, with his family and a couple friends, we decided to organize our own Run, 8k, this year!

When? October 25th, 9 am.
Where? here in Santiago
People estimates? 2000-2500!
Sponsors so far? 0.

This requires a LOT of work and time and we don't always have it (I work from 9 to 19 monday to friday, and my 2 friends too) so you can imagine, we need all the help we can get so this 8k is a success!

What do we need to get sponsors?
First, a name for the race.
Second, a logo!

We've had several meetings and conversations (the organizing team and his family) but we still haven't come up with a good name for this race (although it's not really important who wins it, the main thing is you get to the end, everyone is a winner )

So... can you help us find a name and hopefully a logo?
With this run, we want to conmemorate our friend Diego, but also celebrate life , gather all kinds of people for one purpose, being thankful to be here and having each other! We don't want it to be "the Diego S-H race" or simething like that, we wanna have it's own fun, catchy name, full of energy and related to friendship, coexistence, acceptance and happiness, not taking life and friends for granted!

Without a name and logo it will be impossible for us to get sponsors, so this first step is vital and we haven't found the right name yet! Can you help me/us?

With the money left from paying the production of the race, we are thinking about donating it to a childcare foundation so that children without parents/home/education can also have a bright future ahead and stop discrimination.

If you wanna help me/us by proposing names or even creating our logo me, my friends, and Diego's family and girlfrind would be FOREVER thankful. If you need more "pointers" in order to think of a name, just let me know! We won't earn money by doing this and we don't have money either so this can be you "pro bonus" case of this week, hehehe maybe it's a lot to ask but I though there are so many people here that are talented in this kind of things and maybe some of them would be willing to help us, it's a good cause don't you think?

I created a group on facebook to support this cause, you can join, it's "Corrida x Diego" (Running for Diego), it's in Spanish, or add me or note me here on dA, send me an email to wendolina@gmail.com for any suggestions of support.

You might have the best idea we're looking for!

THANK YOU, from the bottom of our hearts.
Love,
Heidi

ps.: now you know what I've been up to!