The 2009 Parkway Run and Family Fun Walk for Children’s Cancer Research set new records all around this year. We had more registrants (7229 total), more individual donations (over $200,000), more runners (2564), more teams (over 100) and more fun! At last count, we raised over $550,000 for cancer research and survivorship programs at The Cancer Center at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. This is a new record too.
To have such success takes the effort of a slew of people. It would take pages to thank them all so here are some highlights:
- The employees at the Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia who volunteer their time all year long to make this day gratifying for the patient families and their friends who attend.
- The CHOP Development Office whose efforts range from searching out our Corporate Sponsors to helping Team Captains set up their teams and everything in between.
- Our Corporate Sponsors for maintaining their strong commitment to The Parkway Run in a difficult year.
- Our Team Captains who spend endless hours building their teams and coordinating fundraising efforts in their team’s name.
- All of our registrants. You will never know how much your being there on Race Day means to the kids and their families. Your presence provides a lasting memory of support that encourages the families for a long time to come.
- Our fundraisers. You chose to take on our “Double Your Impact” challenge to stimulate donations. By Race Day, individual donations were up by 60% over 2008.
- First and foremost, we thank the kids fighting cancer. They are our inspiration. They endure endless hours of tests, doctoring and just feeling crummy. They miss school and miss their friends. They are strong, tough, and resilient. Some do not survive the fight yet in their own way make things better for other kids.
A reminder - people can make donations all yearlong at http://parkwayrun.com. You can also find Race Results there too.
We will be tweeting stories of interest all year around on Twitter. Follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/parkwayrun09
Looking forward to seeing you at The Parkway Run next year – mark September 26, 2010 on your calendar now.
Until next year.
'09 Male Age Groups Race Results
'09 Female Age Groups Race Results