GumShoe 5K Walk

About the Gumshoe

The Gumshoe took its first steps on a September weekend in 2006, drawing approximately 200 amateur sleuths to Seattle's PhinneyWood Neighborhood. The next year, the event moved to early August, expanded its run to ten days and 300 participants took to the streets. And the number of gumshoes has grown every year since.

In 2012, the Gumshoe raised over $5,300 for the Greenwood Senior Center, Greenwood Food Bank and Greenwood Elementary School PTA. Each non-profit helps put on the event and shares equally in the proceeds.

Though the Gumshoe is about FUNdraising (yes, FUN is a big part of it), it's also about connecting people to the neighborhood (it's amazing what you discover when you walk and pay attention) and building community (a whole lot of businesses and people make the event happen each year).

Special Thanks

Thanks to everyone who does the Gumshoe and special thanks to:

FRED MEYER, WOODLAND PARK ZOO,
RED MILL BURGERS, UMPQUA BANK,
BLEACHERS PUB & MV HOME INSPECTION

for underwriting the event

MAE'S CAFE & WOODLAND PARK ZOO

for putting together the breakfast and day at the zoo with the behind-the-scenes-tour prize

THE OLIVE AND GRAPE & TAPROOT THEATRE

for putting together the dinner and evening at the theater prize

NINE PHINNEYWOOD EATERIES

for donating gift certificates to the Eatsy Street Game

NINE PHINNEYWOOD SHOPS

for donating gift certificates to the GumShop Game

KEN'S MARKET, PHINNEY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION,
STARBUCKS & COUTH BUZZARD BOOKS-ESPRESSO BUONO CAFE

for selling the Gumshoe entry forms

PHINNEY NEIGHBOROHOOD ASSOCIATION

for laundering the money and keeping the books

CATH CARINE

for laying out the entry form

JAMES McFARLANE

for designing the promotional materials

PETE STUART

for creating this web site

ANN LEVASSEUR, KRISTIN ANDERSON & DIANE BURNETT

for test driving the walk

KELLY WALKER

for plotting GPS coordinates

ZULMA-LIN GARCIA

for helping with the Facebook stuff

CECILY KAPLAN, MARK BRUMBAUGH, MARCY HARRINGTON,
ASSORTED OTHER VOLUNTEERS & CONSCRIPTED KIDS

for securing prizes, hanging posters, handing out bookmarks
and marching in the Greenwood Seafair Parade

JUDY MIRANTE

for doing so darn much of the other behind-the-scenes grunt work

Feedback

Questions? Positive comments? Email Mike Veitenhans, aka the Gumshoe Answer Man. Complaints? Email Judy. (Okay, okay. Email complaints to Mike, too.)