2014 5K & Family Festival
- RAIN OR SHINE SEE YOU THERE!!
Saturday, April 19, 2014 @ 9:00 AM
- Address
BB&T Ballpark (Home of The Dash)
951 Ballpark Way Winston Salem, NC
- Family Festival
Join your family after you run for our “Got Friends?” Family Festival. Get in FREE with your race bib or admission $2/person. The festival starts at the same time as the race (9:00am) inside the BB&T Ballpark. The fun includes games, inflatables, gaming truck, human hamster balls, crafts, face painting, live entertainment with local bands including Big Bang Boom Kids Band, a visit from the Easter Bunny and Bolt! Don’t miss the HUGE egg dash at 10:30 with over 10,000 toy and candy filled eggs!!
- Race Registration
Online Registration closes Monday, April 14, 2014 @ 7:00 PM EST
Click Here for a Mail In Race Registration Form
- Brief Description
The Lillie’s Friends “Got Friends?” 5K Run/Walk will be held in the heart of downtown Winston Salem, NC. Starting and finishing at BB&T Ballpark, the course will run through historic downtown Winston Salem. BB&T Ballpark is conveniently located off of Business 40 on the corner of First Street & Peters Creek Parkway.
- Race Schedule
Race Schedule Early packet pick up will take place on Friday, April 18th at Fleet Feet Sports, 50 Miller Street in Winston Salem between 4pm-7pm. Race day packet pick up begins at 7:30am at BB&T Ballpark. Participants will receive a Hanes Cool DRI Performance Shirt. 5K Fees Pre-Register by April 5, 2014 – $25 After April 5, 2014 – $30 Same Day Registration – $35 5K Registration Online Registration closes April 14, 2014 at 7pm.
- You Can Help Even More…Here’s How
Ask friends and family to sponsor you in the race. Click on this link http://active.com/donate/lilliesfriends5k2014 and create a personal fundraising page to help raise money for childhood cancer. THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND!!
- Additional Information
Awards Ceremony at 11:15am Overall Male and Female 10-under 11-14 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70+ Race proceeds and donations will support the efforts of Lillie’s Friends Foundation. Lillie’s Friends Foundation was started in memory of Lillie Boyte, a local 3 year old, who lost her battle with a rare form of childhood cancer called Neuroblastoma.
What is neuroblastoma?
Neuroblastoma is a rare form of childhood cancer that is particularly aggressive. With “neuro” meaning “nerve” and “blastoma” meaning “collection of tumor cells”, it is a tumor arising from particular nerve cells, which run in a chain-like fashion up the back of the child’s abdomen and chest and into the skull, following the line of the spinal cord. The tumor occurs either in the sympathetic nervous system or closely associated adrenal glands and is usually, although not always, located in the abdomen. Since the symptoms of the disease tend to be varied and vague, some two-thirds of children are not diagnosed until the disease is widespread. It is a tumor almost exclusively of childhood and there is no exactly comparable tumor in an adult.
What causes neuroblastoma?
There is no known cause of neuroblastoma however, most physicians believe it is an accidental cell growth that occurs during normal development of the sympathetic nervous system.
What are my child’s chances of survival?
NB varies greatly in its behavior and prognosis. Neuroblastoma exhibits a wide range of behavior. Some neuroblastomas may just go away without treatment (spontaneously regress) in infants. Other neuroblastomas may resist very intensive treatment, and in these cases, NB is known as one of the most aggressive and difficult to cure childhood cancers. More than half of neuroblastoma patients have disease at diagnosis that has already spread (metastasized) to other parts of the body. While only 4% of all childhood cancers are the high-risk form of neuroblastoma, it is responsible for 15% of all pediatric cancer deaths. Funding for research and drug development is desperately needed to improve the survival rate.
