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Strides For SCI Research 5k & 10k

EVENTS
  • Strides For SCI Research 5k:- Run 3.1 Miles
  • Strides For SCI Research 10k:- Run 6.2 Miles
RACE DATE
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Start Time
9 am
Location
Indian Park
CITY
Montoursville
STATE/TERR
Pennsylvania
Zip
1754
COUNTRY
USA
Phone
570-601-4882
Description

2014 Strides For SCI Research 5k/10k Walk/Run:

Strides For Spinal Cord Injury Research 5K/10K Run/Walk

When: June 14th, 2014

Where: Indian Park, Montoursville PA

Start Time: 9 AM

Registration Fee: $16 before June 1st / $20 after June 1st

There will be preregistration the day of the event starting @ 8 AM

All participants will receive a goody bag containing a 5K event t-shirt, coupons/gift certificates to local businesses and other small items (while supplies last). There will also be numerous giveaway drawings after the event. Each participant will be given a 50/50 ticket and that will used for picking the winners of the items being given away. Among the items being given away are handcrafted gold jewelry, Penn State football tickets, gym memberships to Fitness Factory, gift certificates to local restaurants, businesses and many other items.

Medals will be handed out to the top three finishers in each age group. Timing will be done by Insta-Results.

All money raised will be donated to the Reeve Irvine Reeve Irvine Research Center and Research For Cure. The center is named after Christopher Reeve and his family and their goal is to cure paralysis after a spinal cord injury. The money raised via the event will go directly to Spinal Cord Injury Research. The research has shown dramatic improvements in animal studies thus far. The hope and goal is to fund the ongoing trials on humans. The reason I am organizing the event is because I had an injury that has left me a Quadriplegic, paralyzed from the chest down.

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