Mahaska Health Partnership Foundation to Host 5K Run in the Sun
Mahaska Health Partnership
OSKALOOSA – The Mahaska Health Partnership Foundation will host Run in the Sun, Saturday, July 30 at the Lacey Sports Complex.
The inaugural Run in the Sun is a 5K for runners and 1-mile Walk for all ages, abilities and even strollers. Race day registration begins at 7:30 a.m., and the race will start at 8:30 am. It begins and ends at the Lacey Sports Complex.
For runners, medals will be awarded for the top three male and female finishers in the following age categories: 14 and under, 15 to 18, 19 to 29, 30 to 39, 40 to 49, 50 to 59 and 60 and over. All walk participants will receive a ribbon.
Registration for either event is $25 per person or $75 for an immediate family of four or more. Each participant will receive a commemorative cotton T-shirt as long as registration is received by Monday, July 11. All proceeds from the 2011 event will benefit the MHP Hospice Serenity House.
“The Serenity House was chosen as the beneficiary for our first event in honor of its one year anniversary,” MHP Development Director Cathy Stahl explained. “As the event grows in the coming years, the committee will choose other services to support.”
The Serenity House will be celebrating its one year anniversary in July. Families who have utilized the house in the past year are invited to a special ceremony at the beginning of the event.
Many sponsors have already contributed to help make the 2011 event a success. Corporate sponsors include: Bluestone Engineering, RDG Design, Bates Funeral Chapel, Clow Valve Company – Outside Sales Group, Cablevey, First National Bank Midwest, Garland-Van Arkel-Langkamp Funeral Chapel, Sodexo Healthcare, KBOE Radio, Kelli Steil State Farm, Mahaska Health Partnership, Pella Rollscreen Foundation, TD&T Financial Group and Robert Auld Investments. Major Sponsors include: Fareway, Garden & Associates, LTD, Hammer Medical Supply, HyVee, MidWestOne Bank and Oskaloosa True Value.
The MHP Foundation was founded in 1994 as an independent board and financial resource for the improvement of healthcare at MHP. To date, the Foundation has led many fundraising efforts and purchased numerous educational tools for staff and special amenities for patients. Perhaps their most notable accomplishment is the very successful Capital Campaign to build the MHP Hospice Serenity House, which raised over $2.7 million. The Foundation received an outpouring of support from the local community to make the Serenity House possible.
To date, over 65 families have benefited from the Serenity House. Your participation in Run in the Sun will help more families experience this special service during their time of need. To register for the Run in the Sun, visit mahaskahealth.org or call 672-3369 by Monday, July 11. Registrations received after this date are not guaranteed a shirt.
