2012 - Join The Run Or Walk To Home Base At Fenway
Cross Home Plate at Historic Fenway Park in the 2012 Run/Walk to Home Base
Join Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital to Honor Heroic Veterans: Fundraising Deadline May 14 - Event to be held on May 20 WHO: Red Sox Foundation, Massachusetts General Hospital, 500 active duty military
A total of 4,000 participants (approximately 2,500 runners and 1,500 walkers) can participate in the fundraiser. This year, for the first time, families can take part by entering the walk portion, as there is no age limit for walkers.
WHAT:
9K fundraising run that honors heroic veterans and raises much needed funds for the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program. This year, the program also added an option of a 3-mile fundraising walk.
Whether you walk or run, both options take you on a scenic route through Boston, ending with the unforgettable experience of crossing home plate at historic Fenway Park. Friends and family can cheer you on from the stands at Fenway as you help to raise funds for veterans at America's Most Beloved Ballpark.
All net proceeds from the Run/Walk to Home Base are used to fund clinical care and support for hundreds of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their families throughout New England who are affected by combat stress, deployment stress, and traumatic brain injury.
WHEN:
Fundraising Deadline - May 14, 2012
Event Date - May 20, 2012 @ 8:00am
WHERE:
Fenway Park/Downtown Boston
HOW:
For more information and to complete the required advanced registration, visit www.RUNTOHOMEBASE.org
Media Contact:
Boston Red Sox, Zineb Curran, (617) 694-7351, zcurran@redsox.com
Elevate Communications, Keith Gainsboro, (857) 234-1481, kgainsboro@elevatecom.com
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Run or Walk to Home Base with The BoSox Club on May 20th, 2012 at Fenway Park!
Have you ever dreamed of having thousands of fans cheering from the stands of Fenway Park while you run in from center field? Well, now you can! Click Here For The BoSoxClub Run Or Walk To Home Page
This could be the most fun you ever had - running or walking - while raising money for our brave veterans struggling after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan! Many veterans will be running or walking right beside you.
This is my third year running the Run to Home Base and I wouldn't miss this race for the world. The satisfaction of knowing that all our fundraising efforts are helping struggling veterans recover from combat stress and traumatic brain injuries while serving our country will make make me come back every year while I am still able to run or walk.
If you join the BoSox Club team and register by April 20th, you will receive a special BoSox Club/Run to Home Base baseball cap, appear in a BoSox Club team photo and get recognition on the BoSox Club web-site. I will also send you a copy of the picture. And, you will also be eligible for a drawing of two Red Sox game tickets to a game later in the season!
Please join our team today!! Go to our team web-site to register.
Thank You!
Paul Shorthose
The BoSox Club
www.bosoxclub.com
The Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program serves New England by identifying, motivating, and clinically treating wounded service members and veterans with combat stress and traumatic brain injury and their families. The Home Base Program serves the nation as a model for private-public collaborations as an educational resource about the invisible wounds of war that now effect an estimated 30 percent of those who served or are serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. We are also working on the development of new treatments or post-traumatic stress (PTS) and traumatic brain injury (TBI).