You Can Walk or Run In Saturday's Pick 5 Challenge
Runners and walkers will hit the streets of Wallingford on Saturday October 20, 2012 for an annual fundraiser benefiting the township’s first responders — the Garden City Fire department, South Media fire department, and the Nether Township police department. Funds will also be raised for the nation’s foremost breast cancer awareness organization.
The “Fueled Up and Fired Up Challenge” will offer both 5K and 5-mile options, as well as a 1.5-mile walk and kids’ races. Started in 2006, the event has raised thousands of dollars for first responders. Some of the proceeds will also go to the Philadelphia affiliate of the Susan B. Komen for the Cure Foundation.
The course will start at Wallingford Train Station, on Possum Hollow Road; wind through several nearby streets, including Avondale Road; head north on a portion of the Leiper Trail, and end at the offices of Wilson Oil, on Rogers Lane, where a block party-type celebration will take place. Activities will include a moon bounce, face painting, a raffle and breakfast for participants and family members. Wilson Oil is the local sponsor of the event.
The registration fee for the race is $20 in advance or $25 on the day of the event. Same-day registration begins at 8 AM at Wallingford Presbyterian Church, on Brookhaven Road, with the 5K and 5-miler getting under way at 10 a.m., the walk at 10:15 AM and the kids’ races at 11 AM.
Online registration is also available.
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