YMCA of MEWSA Hosts 25th Annual 5K Walk/Run

The YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge & South Amboy will be hosting its 25th Annual YMCA 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, September 25, 2021. The event will take place at Roosevelt Park in Edison in front of the Lakeview School. Registration is now open and early bird rates are available online at https://runsignup.com/Race/NJ/RooseveltParkEdison/YMCAofMEWSA5k until June 30, 2021. The run/walk will be held rain or shine. It will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. with post-race awards at 9:30 a.m. A virtual option will be available this year as well. Interested participants can get more information at www.ymcaofmewsa.org/janice-garbolino-5K.

This run/walk is held each year in memory of Janice Garbolino, the former Health and Wellness Director of the Metuchen Branch YMCA, who lost her battle with breast cancer in 2002. This event supports the YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge & South Amboy in providing a free exercise program for cancer survivors called LiveSTRONG® at the YMCA.

About the LiveSTRONG® Program at the YMCA

In 2009, the YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge & South Amboy began the LiveSTRONG® Program, a physical activity and well-being program designed to help adult cancer survivors reclaim their total health. Almost 500 people to date have benefited from this life-changing program as they traveled on their journey back to health and wellness. Participants work with Y staff trained in supportive cancer care to safely achieve their goals such as building muscle mass and strength; increasing flexibility and endurance; and improving confidence and self-esteem. By focusing on the whole person and not the disease, LiveSTRONG® at the YMCA is helping people move beyond cancer in spirit, mind and body.

For more information about the 5K Run/Walk and the LiveSTRONG® program, or to support the 5K as a sponsor or donor, visit at https://www.ymcaofmewsa.org/janice-garbolino-5k or contact Hannah Thomas, Health Living Director, at 5Krun@ymcaofmewsa.org or at 732-562-2302.

About the Y

The YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge & South Amboy is a charitable, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization devoted to supporting individuals and families—regardless of age, income or background—in their quest to realize their full potential through programs and services that foster youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Each day we serve over 20,000 YMCA members and 1,000 children in childcare in five communities throughout Middlesex County. The YMCA of MEWSA has the long-standing relationships and physical presence not just to promise, but to deliver, lasting personal and social change.