Mark you calendars!
The 8th (and final) Christine Wilson 5K Run/Walk will be held Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 10:00am. The event will start at the Dublin Soccer fields on Avery Road. The soccer fields are just north of St. Brigid of Kildare Church located at 7401 Avery Road, Dublin, Ohio 43017. The registration tables will be located by the covered pavilion on the opposite end of the fields from the Water Tower (south end).
Sign up online at http://www.christinewilsonfoundation.org (follow the link to the http://premierraces.com site) or the day of the race beginning at 8:15AM at the Dublin Soccer field. Attached is a sign-up form/flyer. The entry fee is $33 (by 7/30th) and $35 thereafter. All kids 18 and younger are $20. Additional donations are accepted. The first 500 entrants will receive a commemorative tee shirt for participating and various age group awards will be given following the run. Call Tim Wilson with questions at 937-644-7126 or check the http://premierraces.com website for more details on the event.
The Christine Wilson Foundation has been established to remember Christine Wilson, for the warm and caring young lady that she was and to do something positive in her name. The Foundation funds 2 annual $2,500 Scholarships to Bishop Watterson High School , a school she loved and admired. The Foundation also donates to many charitable Children’s causes including the following over the past 12 months.
An exciting partnership will be announced at the race! The Christine Wilson Foundation will be partnering with the OSU Burn Center to segue the run in the future down on the OSU campus. The OSU Medical Center Burn Center and Christine Wilson Foundation will partner together this spring for the “Blaze the Trail” for Burn prevention, education, patient care and research run which is a wonderful community-wide event to be held on April 10, 2011.
- $56,000 Donated to the Children’s Hospital in December for their Family Advocacy Center for abuse
- $5,000 in scholarships awarded to 2 students planning to attend Bishop Watterson
- $1,500 Donated to Juvenile Diabetes
- $1,500 for the Arthritis Foundation camp for kids
Christine Wilson 5K Run/Walk
Where: Dublin Soccer Fields (starting line) at 7401 Avery Rd. (just North of St. Brigid’s)
Why: Fundraiser benefiting the Christine Wilson Foundation which supports Children’s causes in Central Ohio
When: July 31st at 10:00 a.m. with onsite registration beginning at 8:15a.m.
Details: Can signup online and to get additional information go to <http://www.christinewilsonfoundation.org> (click on link). $33 entry fee ($20 for kids 18 & under). Once you signup online, you can pick up your race packet (shirt & bib #) beginning 7/23rd thru 7/30th at the Columbus Running Company store at Perimeter Loop SC in Dublin (down from Blockbusters).
For more information, contact Tim Wilson at 614-306-9775.
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