Timing Partner, Race Day Sponsors

New this year, we have Chaney Events doing our timing this year... Jim Chaney is a true professional at this and I expect we will have results instantaneously! (or close to it)

Also, new sponsors this year include Great Lakes Baking Company (in Hudson) as well as our Acme Hudson grocery store.

2012 Run For The Orphans -- May 5th

The date is set. Registrations is up on active.com. Mark your calendars. The courses will be the same for the 5K, 10K and 1 mile kids run. We are looking to make this year's event even bigger. Stay tuned for more updates.

Register at: http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=2004859

Brueggers Bagels Event

At the Stow Brueggers, at 4963 Darrow Rd (just south of Norton Rd on Rt 91), Saturday, April 21st, from 6 am to 5 pm, present the flyer that can be found in the link below and 15% of your purchase will be donated to The Children of Ubumi orphanage in Kitwe, Zambia.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xtES6dNLFeMQEVAOxX8KSuGtecd19ILYnt77YRyYKzA/edit?hl=en#

Thanks again to everyone for such a great event. We had a record day with participation and dollars raised for several orphanages. Thank you!!!!!!!!

RFTO 2011 - results!!!

What a great day! The sun was shining... we had no rain for the event (and no rain until late afternoon), and we had fun raising money for a great cause to support orphans abroad and at home.

This year we had one of our benefitting orphanages, Childrens Home of Hope in Ghana, and their founder, Elvis, start the race and hand out awards. As Elvis said, every step taken was another step toward feeding an orphan. That is why this race exists, to do something good with our passion for running.

Our first year with the 10K did have some hiccups in terms of course support, and I apologize for that and resolve that it will be much more organized and better supported next year. I think overall it was a success and a good addition to the race. We will continue with the 10K next year, as well as the 5K and 1 mile kids run.

Results are now available. Please see attached link below. If you had to leave after the race and, if you won your age group, and were not able to claim your trophy, let me know and we will sync up.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MkM-D8gl-ecjtW9OnytuVBqxWXj9CWeIhs4NXLpWW_U/edit?hl=en&authkey=CL-Vt4gP

Online Registration closes on Tuesday, May 3rd

Registrations are coming in fast and furious. Get those registrations in and don't get shut out of this great race. Online registration will close next Tuesday, May 3rd. We will have on-site registration at the school from 7 am to 8 am day of the race. Packet pickup will also be day of the race.

The kids run will start at 8:30 am. The 5K and 10K both start at 9 am.

Registration details again posted in this entry:

Time	Saturday, May 7 · 8:30am - 11:30am
Location	Seton Catholic School / Hudson Springs Park
More Info	Proceeds will benefit several orphanages throughout the world including Zambia, Ghana and Honduras, as well as locally in Berea. What You Get • Short sleeve commemorative race t-shirt • Pre-race coffee and post-race bagels/fruit • Official timed results posted online • 5K and 10K participants will be entered in a raffle to win great prizes from Vertical Runner! • Kid’s race participants receive participation ribbons and short sleeve commemorative race tshirt Seton Catholic School / Hudson Springs Park 6923 Stow Rd Hudson, OH Register here at active.com http://www.active.com/running/hudson-oh/run-for-the-orphans-5k-10k-and-1-mile-kids-run-2011 Or download entry form here: http://www.northeastrunningclub.org/EntryForms/RFTO_2011_Flyer_v2.pdf

The 5K course will be same as last year. It will start at the school, loop the property, then run one loop of the Hudson Springs Park and finish at the school. The 10K will start at the school and go directly into the park, loop a slightly different course than the 5K, loop that twice, and finish at the school. 1 Mile Kids Run same as last year, start at school, out into the park and back.

10K route and start time

We will be starting the 10K at the same time as the 5K, 9 am, on Saturday, May 7th, and both will start at the same point and loop around the school to start the race. The 5K route will loop the perimeter of the property before heading into the woods, while the 10K route will stay closer to the physical building and head into the woods before the 5K runners. The routes will be very nice. The 10K is two loops and runs through an adjacent neighborhood, while the 5K will be one loop.

Special Guest for Race Day

One of our benefiting orphanages, The Children's Home of Hope (in Ghana), will have their founder joining us and will sound the horn to start the race. Elvis has an amazing story. He was orphaned at 6 yrs old and was able to make his way through school because he would show up at his friends house for dinner, help with their homework and do homework with them, as he couldn’t afford the books on his own. He was given a job in the town to teach about AIDS, saw many children orphaned, and he found a house for these children, paid someone to stay with the children, and this is how the home was founded.