Over 500 individual women runners and walkers are expected to join together at Holmdel Park in Holmdel, NJ on the Saturday of Labor Day Weekend, September 3, 2011 to raise funds for and promote awareness of organizations that provide essential services to women and their children in Monmouth and Ocean Counties.
Presented by the Jersey Shore Running Club, the seventeenth annual Saturday in the Park 5K "Women Taking Steps to Help Women" will be a fun-filled, rain or shine event featuring a Women's 5K Run and Scenic 3-Mile Walk at 9:00am and Children's Races at approximately 10:00am.
Race Day Registration begins at 8:00 am. On line registration is available now on the event web site..
"We are very excited to be celebrating our 17th year. The main reason for celebration is knowing that this race supports programs dedicated to providing shelter, counseling, advocacy and education for women and their families in both Monmouth and Ocean counties." said Penny Hinck, Race Director, Jersey Shore Running Club. Past participants of Saturday in the Park have consistently remarked about how they have been touched by the ceremony at the start of the race when the runners and walkers join hands and realize the need for all of us to come together to support these "safe harbors" for women and their families.
"For 2011 the beneficiary organizations aref Manna House of Cliffwood Beach, Providence House of Catholic Charities in Ocean County, and Spring House, Eatontown,” added Hinck. Since its inception, Saturday in the Park has raised over $200,000 and has created greater public awareness of options and services available to women.
Members of the race committee include: Cathy Berth, Mindy Brady, Lorraine Buckler, Dawn Ciccone, Marcia Fishkin, Barbara Hay, Eileen Higgins, Philip Hinck, Karen Hornberger, Elizabeth Ireland, Donna Mehler, Suzanne Parton, Luann Russell, Joanne Sodano and Theresa Veilleux.
The committee will also offer extraordinary prizes thanks to the generosity of the business community, including a grand prize drawing of a women's bicycle; kids’ race drawings, compliments of race committee members; and unique awards for all category winners. The Mary Conry Memorial Award will be presented to the first JSRC member to finish. Mary was a member of the JSRC and the Saturday in the Park Race Committee. A recognition award will also be presented in memory of Dr. Chuck Whelan, former Saturday in the Park Race Director.
Sponsorship opportunities and donations for goodie bag items are still available. All sponsors will receive signage recognition and be highlighted in the event program. Individuals and companies may contact Penny Hinck, JSRC at (732) 571-2162 email: penny@saturdayinthepark5k.org.
For more information on Saturday in the Park 5K, please contact Penny Hinck by phone at 732-571-2162 or penny@saturdayinthepark5k.org, visit http://www.saturdayinthepark5k.org, or pre-register in person at McLoone’s Running Store at The Grove, Shrewsbury
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