Kaylen's Race 4 A Cure
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In memory of Kaylen Birk
Hart Park, Wauwatosa, WI
Sunday, September 21, 2014, 9:00 AM
Please join us for the inaugural Kaylen's Race 4 A Cure run, in memory of Kaylen Birk, who passed away from an inoperable brain tumor in September of 2012. The event's purpose is to raise awareness of the unfortunate reality of childhood cancer, and to raise money for the MACC fund.
Come on down and take part in this important event, mingle with new friends and old, and enjoy the scenic Menononee River Parkway in Wauwatosa on what we hope is a beautiful fall day. Stay aferwards for our post race celebration at Leff's Lucky Town!
Race Information
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What:
A 5k timed run and a 5k Walk
When:
Sunday, September 21, 2014, 9:00 AM

Where:
Hart Park, near the Muellner Building
7300 Chestnut Street, Wauwatosa, WI

Schedule of events:
September 17th: Online Registration Closes
7:00 - 8:30 AM: In-person Registration
9:00 AM: Start the run!!
T-shirts: First 200 participants and those who register by Monday, September 15th will be guaranteed a t-shirt.
Awards will be given to top three males and females in each age category. 17&under, 18-29, 30-39, 40-49,
50-59, 60+.
Volunteer on Race Day!
Want to help? We are looking for volunteers to help with the event. We will need people to help with set up, clean up, start line, course route, finish line and water station. If you do not plan on registering for the event, but would like to help out, please consider volunteering.
To volunteer, please email:
raceforacure@kaylenbirkfoundation.org
Course Information
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The 5k course will start and finish at Hart Park near the Muellner building and will follow the scenic Oak Leaf Trail through Hart and Hoyt parks. One water station will be located approximately half way through the course and at the finish line. Mile markers will be placed along the course.
Runners will be called to the start line prior to gun time. Runners should line up by anticipated pace time with faster runners towards the front. If using a stroller while participating in the run, please line up after the other runners.
Walkers will be called to the start line after all runners have started the race.
Walkers can walk the full 5k or they have the option of turning around once runners have passed on the return pass.
Strollers are welcome.
For the safety of all participants, no pets please.
Registration & Packet Pickup
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Online Registration:
Online registration closes Wednesday, Sept. 17th
(Register by Monday, 9/15 for guaranteed t-shirt)
In-person registration and packet pickup:
Leff's Lucky Town
Saturday, Sept. 20th 1:00 - 4:00 PM
7208 W. State St., Wauwatosa, WI
- OR -
Hart Park (near the Muellner Building)
Sunday, Sept. 21st 7:00 - 8:15 AM
7300 Chestnut Street, Wauwatosa, WI

The course runs along the scenic Oak Leaf Trail through the Menomonee River Parkway in the heart of Wauwatosa. It is an out and back course with runners and walkers passing each other along the route.
Although it is a timed run, please keep in mind that the trails are open to the public and that there are railroad tracks along the route with no way of knowing the train schedule. Whether a runner or a walker, we hope that you can take in the beauty of the trail and enjoy the race.
About the Race
POST RACE CELEBRATION
Post race celebration and awards will take place after the event at Leff's Lucky Town.
ABOUT KAYLEN
Kaylen was a happy, energetic, healthy six year old girl who loved playing, being with her friends and simply enjoying all the fun parts of being a child. During the first week of April, 2012, all this changed for Kaylen and her family. Kaylen was diagnosed with an inoperable tumor on the Pons section of her brain.
The official name for this tumor is Diffuse Infiltrating Pontine Glioma (DIPG), which is almost always fatal to the 100 - 200 children in the United States that are diagnosed with this disease each year. It is, wihtout a doubt, a disease which strikes at the heart of childhood and it is in desperate need of a cure.
While we continue to try to move forward and remember all the good times of Kaylen's life, we realize that every day another child is diagnosed with some type of childhood cancer. The fact remains that more funding, specifically for childhood cancers, is needed to help find a cure.
MACC FUND
Founded in 1976, Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer, Inc. (the MACC Fund) is dedicated to funding childhood cancer and related blood disorder research. Our goal, with your help, is to find a cure for childhood cancer and related blood disorders by providing critical funding for research.
The MACC Fund gives the Gift of Hope through Research. Every penny counts. Every donation matters. Why? Because every child battling cancer or a blood disorder is someone's child, someone's sibling, someone's friend. Every donation gives hope to a child fighting cancer or a blood disorder.
Our goal is to fulfill the mission and to cure the MACC Fund out of existence. For more information please visit www.MACCFund.org.
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