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5K Walk/Run at Eisenhower Park Aims to Save Lives and Raise Funds for Bone Marrow Transplants

at Eisenhower Park | Sun Oct 11

Location

Eisenhower Park

1899 Hempstead Turnpike
East Meadow, NY, NY 11554 (Map)
Tel: 561-702-7774

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Date & Time

09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sun, Oct 11, 2015
Cost:    $18 for advanced registration |  and $25 the day of the event
Description

Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation, an international bone marrow registry, will hold its 3rd annual Long Island Walk for Life on Sunday, October 11, 2015 at Eisenhower Park from 9am-12pm.

Gift of Life’s Walk for Life is the only event on Long Island that is solely dedicated to raising awareness for bone marrow and blood stem cell transplants. The funds raised will be used to add new donors to the worldwide bone marrow registry, as the cost to process each donor’s test kit is $60.

A unique aspect of this event includes the highly emotional meeting of a bone marrow transplant recipient who will be introduced--for the very first time--to their life-saving donor.  This year, a 67 year old woman from Bayside will meet the 26 year old female who saved her life.

The entry fee is $18 for advanced registration, and $25 the day of the event. Registration begins at 9 am. At 9:45 am, the donor/recipient meeting will take place, and the walk/run will begin at 10am, with a celebration to follow. The location is  1899 Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow on Long Island, N.Y., between the Holly and Cherry picnic areas and parking field #5.

For more information on how to donate, form and join teams, or to register individually, please visit www.giftoflife.org/longislandwalk.   

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