As most of you NYers are aware, a severe storm caused a tremendous amount of damage to Central Park on August 18th. With cleanup and restoration costs estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, the Central Park Conservancy really needs your help. While Central Park serves many diverse groups; as runners and cyclists we know that our very special community would not exist as it does today if it were not for Central Park. This is our chance to show our concern and join a fun run to raise money for the monumental repair project that is going on right now.DONATIONS: Suggested donations $25 and up, but ANY amount will be welcome. CHECKS should be made out to: "CPC Storm Damage Fund" and will be collected at the start of the run. Alternatively, online donations may be made on the CPC general link; www.centralparknyc.org/stormdamage but they will not know that those donations came from the running community. The CPC tried but was not able to create a donation link specifically tied to the run due to software problems that they are experiencing. Cash can be accepted but is greatly discouraged since no receipts will be available. Your check is your record for tax purposes.
Presentation of an envelope containing all the donations collected from the athletic community at this run will be presented to a parks official prior to the start of the run. Please bring donations to the start.
Let's show the parks dept how much all runners support our park!
DATE: Wednesday, September 30th
Time: 7:00 PM Rain or shine
Meeting Place: Engineers Gate, 90th street and Fifth Avenue - Meet at the Fred Lebow Statue inside the park near the information kiosk for donation presentation and run course instructions.
DISTANCE AND COURSE: Five mile fun run starting at 90th and 5th avenue. Run north on East Drive and up and around Harlem Hill and then continue south on the West Side drive until 72nd Street. Left turn on 72nd street and continue to East Drive. Make a Left on East drive to run north to return to start place at 90th and Fifth Avenue. Course is subject to change.
If you would like to attend and make a donation but not run, that's fine too!
Just show up by 7:00 PM with your donation, and be part of this community effort.This is a Fun Group Run, not a race. There will not be a clock, mile markers, water or aid stations for support. Water fountains may still be operable but you may want to bring your own water if you feel that you will need it. Every dollar you contribute will go 100% to the parks restoration efforts. The park will be open to automobile traffic until approximately 7 PM. We will need to run in the inside runners lane only.
SUPER RUNNERS SHOP located on Lexington and 89th Street has graciously volunteered to stay open late for this event in order to provide a changing place and bag storage for runners who might need this. Please arrive at Super Runners no later than 6:40 in order to be able to meet up in the Park by 7:00.
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