May 18, 2013
The 8th annual Brooke Jackman Race for Literacy will be held this year on Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Oyster Bay, New York. Registration begins at 8:30am. The 1 /4 Mile Fun Run for Future Olympians, Age 8 and under, starts at 9:45am. Crafts for kids begin at 9:15am. The adults’ run begins at 10:15am.
Cost for the 5-K Run/Walk if pre-registered by May 13, 2013 – $20.00. Cost to register on race day -$25.00. Registration for students under age 18 - $10.00. To register, please click here.
All entrants will receive a high-quality commemorative T-shirt and a water bottle.
To check in on race day – pick up numbers, shirts and chips at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School, on Saturday, May 18 from 8:30am to 10:00am. There will be absolutely no pick-up after 10:00am.
You can learn more by clicking here.
Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School
150 West Main Street
Oyster Bay, NY 11771
P.O. Box 354
Mill Neck, NY 11765
The Tower of Hope and ShopRite Stores are proud to announce their third annual Westchester Walk for Wounded Veterans on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 10:00am. The walk will be held rain or shine.
Please click here to pre-register or to sponsor a walker. There is a minimum donation of $20.00 to pre-register. Once you have registered, you can set a fundraising goal, personalize a webpage and email & use social media to ask your family, friends and coworkers to sponsor you. Those raising more than $100.00 in sponsorships will receive a “Proud to be an American” t-shirt.
Can’t walk? Please sponsor “TEAM USA” by clicking here.
The Tower of Hope honours Tom Sinton by raising money to train service dogs for wounded warriors. Tom Sinton was atop Tower 1 of the World Trade Center on the day of the terrorist attack, working for Cantor Fitzgerald.
Tibbett’s Brook Park
Midland and Teresa Avenues
Yonkers, NY
The Tower of Hope
228 Park Avenue South, Suite 19065
New York, NY 10003
May 19, 2013
The 2013 Long Island Kidney Walk will take place on Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow. Check-in begins at 9:30am; and the walk begins at 10:30am.
For more information, please contact Andrea Denhart at andrea.denhart@kidney.org.
Eisenhower Park
1899 Hempstead Turnpike
East Meadow, New York 11554
National Kidney Foundation
30 East 33rd Street
New York, NY 10016
800-622-9010
212-889-2210, ext. 362
The NYPD Running Club will present the 12th annual NYPD Memorial 5-K Run on Sunday, May 19, 2013. The prayer service begins at 9:30am and the run at 10:13am. The run begins at the corner of Liberty Street & West Street, New York. Runners may order a personalized bib to wear to honor a specific fallen officer, or you will be assigned an fallen officer at random. Bib details can be found here. Details about the fallen officers can be found here.
Each year on the Sunday following National Peace Officers’ Memorial Day on May 15, the NYPD Running Club is honored to bring together Law Enforcement Officers and the community, to pay tribute to more than 750 NYPD Officers who have died in the line of duty. In a continued effort to honor their fallen comrades runners and spectators gather for a short prayer at the NYC Police Memorial Wall in Battery Park City, followed by a 5-K Run/Walk, a Children’s Fun Run, and a free barbeque for all participants.
The fee to run for an adult is $25.00 before May 12, 2013; $30.00 after the 12th. For those under 16, the fee to run is $15.00 before May 12, 2013; $20.00 after the 12th. To attend the barbeque only (non-runner) is $10.00.
Online registration will be available here. General information about the run is available here.
June 2, 2013
The Captain Martin Egan 5-K Memorial Run will be held on Sunday, June 2, 2013 at Midland Beach, Staten Island.
More information and applications will be available soon.
June 9, 2013
The fourth annual Big Apple Run for the Warriors will be held on Sunday, June 9, 2013. The Big Apple Run is a 3-mile race in New York City.
Registration will open soon.
Runners & handcyclists welcome.
Hope for the Warriors
1335 Western Boulevard, Suite E PMB 48
Jacksonville, NC 28546