| Introduction: |
On Sunday, June 5, 2011 friends of the Scleroderma Foundation/Tri-State, Inc. Chapter will participate in the tenth anniversary of Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma – Tri-State Chapter. This Tri-State (NY-NJ-CT) walk/run will create awareness and raise funds to combat scleroderma. Your involvement will help us eradicate this crippling and deadly disease.
We hope that we can count on your support!
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| The Benefit: |
The reason for the 5K is to help raise funds to combat scleroderma (a chronic autoimmune disease causing a hardening of the body’s connective tissue with no known cause or cure which can be a painful, life altering disease that is fatal in its most severe form and can come and go unpredictably.) The 5K will also expand the awareness of both the disease and the Scleroderma Foundation to hundreds of additional people.
The funds raised will help the Tri-State Chapter (1) better assist patients and caregivers understand the disease and cope with its affects; (2) provide free education forums for people to come and discuss new research, medications and treatments; (3) continue to funds 15 active support groups where people can share their personal experiences to better understand the disease on the patient and caregiver level and; (4) allow additional funds to be contributed for research.
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| Location -Ridgefield Park Area (Overpeck Park): |
Welcome to the new Overpeck County Park. The vision to turn what was once a landfill into a beautiful park to be enjoyed by thousands of people is now a reality. More than 50 years ago, five Bergen County municipalities - Englewood, Leonia, Palisades Park, Ridgefield Park and Teaneck - donated hundreds of acres of land to the County of Bergen with the intention of creating a central commons for art, sports and other leisure activities. The 154-acre site in Ridgefield Park is the last portion of the park to be completed.
In redeveloping the land, not only did the County of Bergen create open space, it also cleaned up an environmental hazard. Now that the landfill has been capped, residents in the surrounding communities can breathe a sigh of relief knowing the land is finally safe and that the Overpeck Creek and the Hackensack River are protected from further pollution. The park is sure to become a recreational destination and those who visit will reap the benefits of the land's dramatic transformation from brownfields to greenfields.
The Bergen County Department of Parks hopes that you and your family enjoy the new Overpeck County Park and take advantage of all it has to offer. The park, which is ADA accessible, includes the following amenities:
Children's playground
Five miles of paths for pedestrian and bicycle use
Observation deck/ nature overlook
Canoe/kayak launch (car top only)
Dock
3,000-seat amphitheater
40-acre open field
One softball field
One baseball field
Two artificial turf soccer fields
Six tennis courts
Three comfort stations
Two concession areas
Entrance to park is located on Challenger Road just north of the Hilton Garden Inn and the AMC, Loews
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| Race Course: |
Be the first to run on this almost perfectly flat &fast out & back road course. USATF Certified for accuracy. Please see the following link for addition course details: http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=NJ09528JHP |
| Timing & Scoring: |
Timing provided by Fast Finishes (.net) IPICO Chips will be used to score the event in 10 year age groups. Please see www.fastfinishes.net or the IPICO Youtube page for additional details: http://www.youtube.com/user/ipicosports |
| Large Groups or Mail in Registrants: |
Please download the event registration form above using the Get Applications icon. |
| Directions: |
From the North:
Take River Street south. Turn slight left onto Bergen Turnpike. Turn slight left onto Bergen Turnpike. Turn slight right onto US 46/Winant Ave. Continue to follow US-46 E. Take the Teaneck Rd ramp toward Challenger Blvd. Turn right onto Teaneck Rd. Turn right onto E. Winant Ave. Turn slight left to take the ramp toward Challenger Blvd/New Jersey Turnpike. Turn slight right onto Emerson St. Turn left onto Challenger Rd. Park is straight ahead.
From the South:
Take the I-95 N/NJ Turnpike North. Keep left to take the I-95N/NJ Turnpike N toward I-280/Rt 3/Meadowlands Sports Complex/Exits 15W-18W/Geo. Washington Bridge. Keep right to take the I-95N/NJ Turnpike N toward US-46/Fort Lee/Geo. Washington Bridge. Take the Challenger Rd exit, exit 68. Turn left onto Challenger Rd. Parks is straight ahead.
From the West:
NJ-208 S via the ramp on the left toward Fair Lawn. Turn slight left onto NJ-4E. Keep right at the fork to continue on NJ-4E. Merge onto NJ-17 S toward Newark. Merge onto I-80 via the ramp on the left toward New York. Merge onto I-95 S/NJ Turnpike S toward US-46. Take the US-46 W. exit, exit 68, toward Ridgefield Park. Take the ramp toward Challenger Road. Take the ramp toward Challenger Blvd/NJ Turnpike. Turn slight right onto Emerson St. Turn left onto Challenger Rd. Park is straight ahead.
From the East:
Take the US 1-9 South/US 46 West ramp. Merge onto US-46 W. Take the I-95 S/NJ Turnpike ramp toward I-80 W/Teaneck Road. Take the ramp toward Teaneck Road. Take the Challneger Blvd. ramp. Turn left onto Challenger Rd. Park is straight ahead. |
| Event Contact: |
Alex Matich |
| Contact Phone: |
1-800-867-0885 |
| E-mail Address: |
info@scleroderma5k.org |
| Web Site: |
www.scleroderma.org/chapter/tristate/ |
