Davenport, Iowa – Share the Power of a Wish®! Make-A-Wish® Iowa invites you to participate in the 7th Annual Walk/Run for Wishes on Saturday, October 8, at Modern Woodmen Park. This event raises funds to help improve the lives of Iowa children with life-threatening medical conditions by granting them their one true wish.
Awards go to the top three male and female finishers and to the top fundraising team. Register as a team or as an individual for one of the following distances:
• 10k starts at 10 a.m.
• 5k begins at 10:30 a.m.
• 1-mile walk starts at 10:45 a.m.
Visit www.getmeregistered.com (event ID: 124906) to sign up! Registration is $30 and includes a dri-fit t-shirt (same day race registration is available for $40 per person). Can’t make the race? Contribute by participating in our Sleeping for Wishes program. Donate $25 and receive a Sleeping for Wishes cotton t-shirt! There will be plenty of family-fun activities including a bounce house, face-painting, balloon artist, caricature artist, and fire truck and ambulance. Also, enjoy food and refreshments at the Barrel House during the post-race party.
Presenting sponsor: Alcoa; Family Fun Zone Sponsor: RIA Federal Credit Union; Route Sponsors: Sentry Insurance and Swanson Construction Co.; Shooting Start Sponsors: Event Solutions Group, C&W Transport Solutions, Illini Dental Associates, Johnny’s Pizza and Slices, and True Financial Partners. In-kind sponsors include: Hy-Vee, Subway, Molo Companies, Barrel House, dPhilms, Modern Woodmen Park, Bettendorf Library, Mickle Communications, and the Quad Cities River Bandits.
Make-A-Wish grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy. The average cost of a wish in Iowa is $10,186 and this past year 190 wishes were granted to children from ages 2 ½ to 18 years old, all across the state. Please visit www.iowa.wish.org for more information.
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