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Walk ´N Roll at Jersey Gardens
Kids Helping Kids Presents The First Annual Walk N’ Roll
What: Kids Helping Kids presents the First Annual Walk N’ Roll at Jersey Gardens to benefit Children’s Specialized Hospital Foundation. Join the 2 mile walk to help raise funds for kids who’ve been affected by catastrophic illness or injury get the tools they need to stay involved in the world and know they haven’t been forgotten. This event is organized and run by teen volunteers from Kids Helping Kids and Children’s Specialized Hospital Foundation.
Host: John Bell of the Z Morning Zoo and the Z 100 Party Patrol will host the event.
To Register: www.walknroll2004.org
Registration is just $10 and every registrant receives a free t-shirt (while supplies last). Stay after the walk for great mall discounts, a special fashion show featuring Solyani Rodriguez, Miss Latina New Jersey and Joslainez Gonzalo, Miss Teen Latina New Jersey and a Walk N’ Roll Concert featuring New Jersey’s hottest bands.
When: Sunday, October 17, 2004
9:45 am warm up
10:00 am start
Where: Jersey Gardens
651 Kapkowski Road
Elizabeth, NJ 07201
908-354-5900
Kids Helping Kids
Kids Helping Kids is a non profit teen volunteer organization founded by Mischa Zimmermann, after he was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor at the age of thirteen. After more than a year in the hospital, Mischa (now a 22 year old NYU student) started what has become a very successful, nationally recognized organization that provides mobility equipment for kids who’ve been affected by catastrophic illness or injury. “Our mission is to keep kids involved in the world of their peers and help them know they have not been forgotten,” says Mischa. Kids Helping Kids has been honored by the National Caring Institute, Rosie O’Donnell’s SuperKids, the Volvo for Life Awards and others for helping to increase awareness among the healthy youth of America about the huge difference they can make in the life of another child. Teens are forming Kids Helping Kids Clubs in schools across the country and using their service hours to make a difference in the lives of their peers who’ve been traumatically affected by illness or injury.
Children’s Specialized Hospital:
Children’s Specialized Hospital is the largest pediatric rehabilitation hospital in the United States and an affiliate member of the Robert Wood Johnson Health System. The Hospital’s Foundation is the only organization of its kind where every contribution has a direct impact on the future of children with special needs.
For more information, please call Jessica Arkel at 908-389-5646
Contact:
Jessica Arkel
908-389-5646
jarkel@childrens-specialized.org
