Run/Walk for Organ Donation Awareness to Go On Despite Rain and Cold in Waukee

From My Angel Foundation:

Dedicated Participants Brave Cold and Rain to Raise Awareness for Organ Donation

WHO:                   Walkers and runners who support organ, eye and tissue donation, including: organ transplant recipients; family and friends of donors; registered organ donors; others.
WHAT:                 6^th Annual C.A.R.E. 5K and 10K Run and Walk for Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation Awareness. C.A.R.E. stands for Compassion for Awareness, Remembrance and Education. 
 

WHERE:               Centennial Park – 1255 Warrior Lane, Waukee
WHEN:                 Saturday, May 4, 2013
Registration and sign-in 6:30 a.m.- 8 a.m.
Opening remarks and National Anthem 8 a.m.
Beginning of Run/Walk 8:30 a.m.
WHY:                    More than 605 Iowans and nearly 118,000 men, women and children nationally are waiting for life-saving organ transplants. On average, 18 people die every day while waiting for transplants in the U.S., and another name is added to the waiting list every 11 minutes.

The Walk and Run host, My Angel Foundation, hopes to raise awareness of the need for organ, eye and tissue donation registrants. Online registration is simple through the Iowa Donor Registry (www.iowadonorregistry.org) or by saying “Yes” to organ donation when applying for an Iowa driver’s license.