THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5th, 2017
On Thursday October 5th, 2017 the Ed Thomas Family Foundation will expand on it’s goal of keeping the legacy of Coach Ed Thomas alive. Coach Thomas was a leader whose main objective was teaching young people to “Do What’s Right”. He was a great role model who lived his life true
to the values that he taught to all. The Ed Thomas Family Foundation will provide an opportunity for high school students to strengthen their positive leadership skills and character by sponsoring the Ed Thomas Legacy Leadership Academy.
REGISTRATION
Registration will be 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Session 1 will be at 9:00 a.m. Sessions completed by 2:00 p.m.
WHERE
Parkersburg, Iowa | APHS Auditorium
FIVE SPEAKING SESSIONS
Rohan Murphy - 9:00 a.m Brad Waller - 10:00 a.m Amy Wienands - 10:30 a.m
Al Kerns -Lunch A - 11:10 a.m Al Kerns -Lunch B - 12:10 p.m Aaron Thomas - 1:10 pm
FEE
$10 per participant & supervisors: each participant (including supervisors) will receive a T-shirt, lanyard + name tag, notebook, and pen. A sack lunch with a sub, fruit, and chips will be provided for each student. Water will be available free of charge.
*Checks can be mailed to: Ed Thomas Family Foundation, P.O. Box 536, Parkersburg, IA 50665. Currently we do not have the capabilities to process credit card payments. Thank you for your understanding.
LIMIT
Each school is limited to no more than 12 student participants and 2 supervisors per school. Registration will be limited to the first 450 participants.
SPEAKERS
ROHAN MURPHY
Professional speaker, Also seen in ABC News, Sports Illustrated, 20/20, and Nike
As a Professional Speaker, Rohan motivates others by his actions, and now, his goal is to motivate the youth of America thru his words. Rohan’s life story is a gripping tale of adversity, dedication, and living life with a purpose.
BRAD WALLER
Brad Waller was raised in Waverly, Iowa, and is currently the Assistant Vice President, Community Relations with Hy-Vee. Through his position, Brad’s focus is working with the non-profit organizations Hy-Vee supports. He has been in this position since January 2013. Brad recently celebrated his 16-year anniversary with Hy-Vee on October 27th.
Outside of work, Brad is involved with a number of volunteer activities: Variety of Iowa, The Children’s Charity; Juveniles Diabetes Research Foundation; ALS Walk; board member of ChildServe for six years; Urbandale Little League Baseball coach for six years; current board member for the Iowa Sports Foundation for five years; and he is active in his church, St. Francis of Assisi in West Des Moines, having recently completed a three-year term on the church council, and he enjoys serving as a mass lector.
AMY WIENANDS
Amy was born and raised in Waterloo and has grown to love this community. She spent Friday nights working in concessions at Sloan Wallace Football Stadium, Saturday mornings selling mini donuts at town fairs, cleaning and painting rental houses, and delivering papers. After graduating from Northwestern College, she accepted her first job at the Cook County Jail, in Chicago, teaching employability skills to inmates. With numerous trips on the "L" to and from work, she read a book that her dad gave her called "The Magic of Thinking Big.". After reading this book, she made the decision to move back to Waterloo and seek out an opportunity to make a mark on her community.
Sales sounded exciting and selling homes sounded like a rewarding experience. She is now a huge proponent of marketing and branding and truly believes in "Obsessively Working for You!" Over the past few years, Amy has started, and grown, her own business - Amy Wienands Real Estate. She is wife to husband Steve and mother to twins, Foster and Faith. She is proud of her upbringing and feels blessed to raise her children in the very same community.
AL KERNS
Former Teacher and Coach at Aplington-Parkersburg
Al Kerns began teaching and coaching at Parkersburg High School in 1978. He retired from Aplington- Parkersburg in 2014 after 36 years of teaching. During his career at Parkersburg/ Aplington-Parkersburg, he was an assistant coach to Ed Thomas for over 30 years, and the head girls’ track coach for 29 years.
AARON THOMAS
High School Principal Aplington-Parkersburg
Aaron Thomas is the oldest son of the Late Ed Thomas. At a young age Aaron knew he wanted to go into education and coaching because he saw the impact his father was able to have on young people. Every day he witnessed the passion Ed Thomas displayed while working with young people.