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Hillcrest Hawaii 5-K

EVENTS
  • Hillcrest Hawaii 5-K:- Run 3.1 Miles
RACE DATE
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Start Time
8:00 AM
Location
Zona Rosa
Address
8640 N Dixson Ave
CITY
Kansas City
STATE/TERR
Missouri
Zip
64153
COUNTRY
USA
Description
Event Summary:
5K benefiting Hillcrest Transitional Housing of Platte County. Festivities begin at 7:00 AM. Run to start at 8:00 AM and will be chip timed. Packet pick up will be Friday, May 8, 2015 at The Running Well Store located at 6106 NW Barry Rd KC MO 64154 and day of the race. Sponsorship and volunteer opportunities are available.
Event Details:
5K benefiting Hillcrest Transitional Housing of Platte County.

Race starts at Town Square in Zona Rosa.

Packet pick up will be Friday, May 8, 2015 at The Running Well Store located at 6106 NW Barry Rd, Kansas City MO 64154.

 This event is a joint event with the Annual Hillcrest Walk for the homeless celebration.

Course is relatively flat and fast. Would be a great first timers course for those of you looking to set a PR.

 Sponsorship and volunteer opportunities are available.

Adults in the Transitional program are required to find and maintain full-time employment, and attend a minimum of 4 of the supportive services sessions weekly. The goal of these programs is to move families and individuals from homelessness to self-sufficiency, attaining permanent housing, long-term employment, and stabilized living for their children. Hillcrest serves Northland homeless families who are willing to work full-time and apply themselves to reaching self-sufficiency.

The average age of a homeless person in the Missouri/Kansas area is 7 years old. Most families are a single parent with multiple small children so children are a focus of the Hillcrest program, as well. Tutoring, field trips, mentoring, summer camp, and a youth group program provide resident children with the increased attention that is needed to reinforce education and learning as an important aspect of daily life. This is vital since many of the children have fallen behind in classes and developed behavior problems as a result of the instability of homelessness.

The need is growing; Hillcrest offers a solution that is proven. 95% of our graduates go on to be self-supporting, contributing members of our community. Hillcrest is a unique solution to homelessness designed to give homeless families and youth the motivation and training needed to break the poverty-welfare cycle and lead independent lives. Since 1976 Hillcrest has helped the KC area meet the needs of homeless families. Please join Hillcrest as we change the trajectory of the lives of the families we serve.

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