Breathe Deep Bay Area 5k Walk/Fun Run on June 1st

Breathe Deep Bay Area is a grassroots event planned and managed by a small group of volunteers from the Bay Area whose lives have been impacted by lung cancer. This 5K walk and run is an opportunity for our community to rally together against lung cancer. They started in 2011 and their next run is one week from today--Sunday, June 1st--at the Discovery Meadow Park behind the Children's Discovery Museum. It's a great cause and they have already raised over half of their $30k goal!

Who: Anyone in the Bay Area!
What: Breathe Deep Bay Area, 5K walk and fun run
Where: Discovery Meadow Park in Guadalupe River Park & Gardens, San Jose (180 Woz Way)
When: Sunday, June 1st, 9:00am for the run, 10:00am for the walk
Why: To raise money for lung cancer research and to raise awareness for this disease!

For more information: www.lungevity.org/bayarea

TiVo Santa Run Tomorrow

The Santa Run is a family-friendly 5K run/walk in Downtown San Jose. Participants are encouraged to dress up and there will be discounts for costumed individuals at the Downtown Ice skating rink.The festivities begin tomorrow at 1pm near Christmas in the Park. The race itself starts at 3pm. For more information, check out the Santa Run website over here.

Merryhill Grade-Schoolers to Attempt to Break World Record During Save the Children’s Global Marathon on Oct. 23

WHAT:             Merryhill Elementary School students in San Jose will team up to take on Save the Children’s World Marathon Challenge at Penitencia Creek Park on Oct. 23. The World Marathon Challenge is a global relay in which teams of children from around the world band together to complete a full marathon distance of 26.2 miles, and attempt to break the world marathon record of 2 hours, 3 minutes and 38 seconds, held by Kenyan runner Patrick Makau.

 

Events will be held throughout the month of October worldwide, with hundreds of teams running simultaneously on Oct. 23, a global day of action. In all, 50,000 children in more than 60 countries will take on the challenge.

 

The goal of the race is to raise funds and awareness for programs focused on child survival and well-being. All funds will go to support Save the Children's work in the United States and globally. 

 

Save the Children’s vision is to make sure all children survive and thrive.  Achieving this vision is not a sprint, but a marathon – a world marathon.  To learn more, go here:  wmc.savethechildren.org

 

WHO:         Karen Cooper, Principal, Merryhill Elementary School, San Jose

                       Immie Van Etten, Save the Children

                    143 student runners

                       25 school staff members

                      

 

WHEN:            Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013

                        9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

 

 

WHERE:          750 North Capitol Avenue, San Jose, Ca.   

                                                                       

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Breathe Deep Bay Area 5K Run/Walk

Another run/walk supporting a great cause is coming to Downtown San Jose this Sunday. The run begins in Discovery Meadow Park and all of the details are below!



Who: Anyone in the Bay Area!
What: Breathe Deep Bay Area, a 5K timed race and untimed family walk
Where: Discovery Meadow Park in Guadalupe River Park & Gardens, San Jose
When: Sunday, April 28th
Why: To raise money for lung cancer research and to raise awareness for this disease!

www.lungevity.org/bayarea

Event Details

Breathe Deep Bay Area is a 5K timed run and untimed walk to raise money for critical lung cancer research. The untimed walk course is friendly to strollers, wheelchairs, bicycles, and pets (as long as they are cleaned up after). Only wheelchairs are allowed on the timed race course. There will be a kids corner as well as refreshments for all participants. Awards will be given to the top 3 individual fundraisers; top 3 fundraising teams; first, second, and third male runners; first, second, and third female runners. Be sure to bring a photo or write a message on the Honor Wall, in honor or in memory of a loved one.

During event registration, you can warm up with special guest Cori Maiden, a local yoga instructor from San Francisco. At our opening ceremony, you can also join with other event participants in a moment of reflection lead by Cori.

Our Story

Breathe Deep Bay Area is a grassroots event planned and managed by a small group of volunteers from the Bay Area whose lives have been impacted by lung cancer. This 5K walk and timed run is an opportunity for our community to rally together against lung cancer. Together, our community has the power to raise the funds that might lead to new early detection technology or discover the best new targeted therapy and save hundreds of thousands of lives. After starting small in 2011, Breathe Deep Bay Area looks forward to tremendous growth in 2013 and we hope you’ll choose to be a part of it.

Promote your team!

Need a helpful tool to promote your team and gather donations? Download and print this flyer on your home computer, write in your team name, and pass to friends, family, and coworkers. You get two flyers per page so don't forget to cut it in half.