The Run
Date:
Saturday April 26, 2008
Time: 7:30 a.m.
Race Day Registration And Check-In…
Those who preregister by April 14th will be able to pick up race packets from Five Star Sports, downtown Corvallis on the corner of 3rd and Madison, Friday April 25th from 10-6 p.m.
8:50 a.m.
Registration Closes
9:00 a.m.
Group Start 5K Run/Walk (Runners up front)
10:30 a.m.
Awards And Raffle (All entrants are in the raffle)
Location:
Willamette Park, Corvallis, Oregon. We will start/finish at the Green Shelter at the park on the riverfront. Additional parking at KOA campground approximately 1/8 mile from start, just outside of park entrance to the left off the gravel driveway.
Directions:
Take Highway 99 1.3 miles south out of Corvallis. Turn left on Goodnight Avenue and follow to the end of the road. Welcome!
Cost:
$20.00 for all entries. Those postmarked/received by April 14, 2008 will be considered preregistered entries and will include a t-shirt. For groups of 5 or more the registration fee is $12, all entries in the group must be sent in together and will include a t-shirt if received by April 14, 2008. All other entries (after April 14, 2008) will be $20.00 and will not receive a t-shirt. Make checks payable to: Sophie’s Run and send registration and entry fee to:
Amy Smoker (Race Director)
1703 SW Pinehurst Place
Corvallis, Oregon 97333
Questions?
Contact Amy Smoker at JNSmkr@aol.com or 541-753-1550 or 541-602-1049
THE FINER DETAILS…
Course:
Beautiful setting, paved bike path along the scenic Willamette River and through some wooded areas and grasslands. Flat to rolling terrain. Two out-and-back sections, first heading North, returning to start/finish area, and then South before again returning to start/finish area.
Age Categories:
For both Male and Female: 1-9, 10-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39 40-49, 50-59, 60 and older.
Prizes:
Ribbons or Medals for top male and female finisher of each age category.
Raffle:
Fabulous prizes have been donated by local Corvallis businesses. All participants are automatically entered into the raffle.
Snacks:
Post event snacks and beverages will be donated by local Corvallis businesses.
Safety:
There will be a paramedic on site during the event and the race will be insured through the USATF.
The Speech, The Mission
This is a speech written by Heather Gerding and given by Aunt Anna at Sophie’s Run 2007:
We thank you for coming…and for getting to know Sophie, which naturally leads to loving her like we do. We too find her utterly irresistible. But we can’t help but wonder when the day will come and the world won’t find her so irresistible. The world she has come to trust, with all her heart, shuns her for her differences. The horrible day when she is treated as incompetent, made to feel inadequate or God forbid someone calls her handicapped, retarded.
Please remind yourself and your children that people with disabilities are competent, deserving individuals of value. One in five Americans is a person with a disability. We’re all the same and we’re all different. People with disabilities deserve to lead A LIFE LIKE YOURS. They deserve access to quality medical and dental care, the opportunity to work where they wish, develop friendships and live in the community setting of their choice.
Too often we blame individuals with disabilities for their lack of success when it is our society who dictates that many people with disabilities remain in the margins–segregated, dependent and WITHOUT CHOICE. Lets do better by giving the people with disabilities in our own lives the tools and support they need so they too can make their own choices which will hopefully lead them to a life of purpose and value.
Of course our goal is for Sophie to lead an independent adult life in which she supports herself. Yet because Sophie was born with Williams Syndrome and 75% of individuals with a disability remain unemployed we are formulating a “plan B” to help ensure she will have the support she may need to lead A LIFE LIKE YOURS.
So today we THANK YOU for being here and helping Sophie with her very own “plan B”.