Step Up to Wellness with Cancer Wellness Center’s May fundraiser
The Cancer Wellness Center will host its 7th annual Stepping Up to Wellness Walk/Run to raise awareness and funds about the organization’s many free programs and services.
The event is set for Sunday, May 22, at Independence Grove near Libertyville. Participants can choose between three events: a 10K Run, 5K Run/Walk, and the Marcia Slotky 1 Mile Family Walk.
Bring the whole family for a leisurely morning hanging out near Independence Grove’s 115-acre lake and join patients, survivors, volunteers, and community members for pre-race dancing and stretching with music from a live deejay. The races will be followed by a trophy presentation to acknowledge the top fundraisers and race winners.
Net proceeds from the event will go to support the Cancer Wellness Center mission of “helping people live better while living with cancer.”
The Center offers counseling, networking and support groups for patients and families, nutritional guidance, educational classes and seminars, exercise and mind and body classes, and access to an extensive library of resources.
The organization depends 100 percent on the generosity of its donors and on annual events, such as the walk/run to raise funds so it can continue to offer all of these services free.
Stepping Up to Wellness is not subject to weather.
The 10K and 5K runs will be timed and certified and the scheduled is: 10K Run: 8:30 a.m. (Check-in begins at 7 a.m.); 5K Run/Walk: 9 a.m. (Check-in begins at 7 a.m.); Marcia Slotky 1 Mile Family Walk: 10 a.m. (Check-in begins at 8:45).
Each paid participant will receive a Stepping Up T-shirt and race sack. Preregistered event participants must pick up these items before race day. Packets will be available Friday, May 20 and Saturday, May 21 from noon to 6 p.m. at Running Away Multisport, 800 Waukegan Road, Deerfield.
Registration fees are: 10K Run and 5K Run/Walk: $30 (preregistration) or $35 (day of); Marcia Slotky 1 Mile Family Walk: $10 (preregistration) or $15 (day of).
Visit http://www.events.org/steppinguptowellness/ to register and begin raising money.
For information about Cancer Wellness Center or the May 22 event, contact Falk Associates at (847) 675-2580 or contact@falkpr.com.