RACE FOR
THEIR LIVES
SEPTEMBER 20, 2008
GIFFORD
PINCHOT STATE PARK
CONEWAGO DAY USE AREA (Map)
JOIN US FOR A MORNING OF FITNESS, FUN, FOOD, AND PRIZES!
Time: Registration & Race
Packet Pick Up starting @ 7:45; Race @ 9:00am
Location: Gifford Pinchot State Park
 Race
for Their Lives 2008 5K run and 2-mile fun walk includes
varying distance options to accommodate all levels of fitness!
It will be held September 20, 2008 at Gifford Pinchot State Park. The
park includes swimming areas for our furry friends, as well as their
human counterparts. We are asking you to once again join us
for this special event and collect sponsors to raise money for the hundreds
of animals that Furry Friends Network helps each year. With your
support, we will find loving homes for thousands more and continue our
life saving mission. We hope to see all of FFN's past program participants
and their humans who are up for the challenge of paying it forward
and helping another furry friend find a loving home!
 Furry
Friends Network is also extremely excited to announce our GRAND
PRIZE that will
be awarded to the Race for Their Lives 2008 Top Fundraiser
- a One Week Vacation Stay in Myrtle Beach.
Furry Friends
Network
563 Mountain Road
Boiling Springs, PA 17007
Register as an
individual or form a three-member team!
7:45 a.m. - 8:45
a.m. Race Day Registration, Race Packet Pick Up and Breakfast
Foods
Race starts at 9:00 a.m.
A light lunch will be available starting at 11:00
a.m.
Bring your well
behaved, physically fit, spayed/neutered, licensed and
currently vaccinated furry
companion
too.
Enjoy a light breakfast and choose your favorite
door prize while you wait for the starter pistol!
REGISTRATION is $25 in advance (Advance Registration
ends 15 September) and $30 on race day
Registration payment must accompany your Registration
Form. Pledges will be collected on Race Day.
Make checks payable to Furry FriendsNetwork.
Registration
fee waived/returned on race day for participants raising
pledges in the amount
of $100, or $300 for teams.
Your RACE
PACKET will include a Race for Their Lives 2008 T-shirt, lunch
ticket, doggie
door prize ticket, 3 free raffle tickets
to win door prizes
and more.
PRIZES will be
awarded for Top Fundraisers, Run and Walk Team Winners,
Top Dog Run and Walk Finishers,
and Individual
Run
and Walk winners
in 7 age categories:
Youth (12 and under), Teen, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and 60
plus. Team members are also eligible for individual prizes.
Team
time will
be computed
as an average
of member times.
Don't forget to bring a few extra dollars if you want
to increase your chances to win more fabulous DOOR
PRIZES!
Tickets will
be on sale event
day for $1.00
each, 8 tickets for $5.00, or 20 tickets for $10.
Start gathering your PLEDGES today
to win the Top Fundraiser Grand Prizes. The more pledges
you bring
in, the more
animals we can
help, the greater
your chances
of winning one of the Top Fundraiser Grand Prizes!
All Donations
are Tax Deductible. Furry Friends Network is non-profit
501(c)(3) organization. All
proceeds directly
benefit the animals.
This event generates
a significant portion of FFN's annual operating funds.
Your support will
allow us
to continue
to help homeless
and unwanted animals like
SPIKE and LILY.
Lily and Spike have encountered difficult lives prior
to entering the FFN foster care program.
Lily, who was
adopted from
FFN as a kitten weighing
six pounds and returned to FFN a few years later,
weighing twenty-six pounds, also had a lump above her left
eye.
A biopsy of the lump
revealed cancerous cells.
Luckily it is a very curable cancer and Lily will
soon undergo surgery. Spike is a two-year old Pit Bull
Terrier
who lived
the majority of
his short life tied
to a doghouse with a logging chain. He was removed
from his home due to neglect and went to the shelter
in very
poor
health. Thanks
to our
dedicated volunteers,
FFN was able to find a foster home where Spike could
get the medical care he so desperately needed. Spike
was in
foster care for over
a year before he found
a home of his own.
FFN gear will
also be available for purchase.
Help us SPREAD THE WORD and hang our Race for Their
Lives 2008 poster in your office!
Race SPONSORS are also needed. By becoming a sponsor, you will:
- Help us save lives, one animal at a time.
- Help pay for medical expenses and daily needs,
such as food and preventative medications.
- Gain recognition on our event t-shirt and through
other advertising venues, while also receiving
complimentary individual or team
races entries.
- Most importantly, your sponsorship will make
a significant difference by helping FFN continue
to
be able to provide
care for animals
like Lily and Spike.
For more info, email furryfriendsnet@aol.com.
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