Stride to Cure FOP
Glasgow Park, Delaware and Elsewhere, too
Saturday, May 10, 2008
8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Visit the Participants Registration Page to register for Stride to Cure FOP 2008 and to download your Pledge Sheet and Stride to Cure FOP brochure. Click Here >> Learn more about Justin in this article by Hiran Ratnayake of The News Journal, Wilmington, Del. (published on December 11, 2007). Click Here >> Nancy Sandy of Michigan is also holding a Stride to Cure Fundraiser. To learn more about her event, Click Here >> If you can't participate on May 10 but want to donate to the STRIDE TO CURE FOP, Click Here >>

Saturday, May 10, is FOP member Justin Henke's birthday. Diagnosed at age 6.5, Justin, of Middletown, DE, will turn 8 on May 10th. Joining the 'party' is newly diagnosed (3.17.08) Nathaniel Padilla of Cecil County, MD, whose fourth birthday is just five days later, on May 15. Celebrating with the 'masters' of ceremony, will be young Miss Jordyn Bugarin, diagnosed with FOP at age 2.5 and now 4.5, of Baltimore County, MD.

Register to join the 'party' of walkers and runners, who will 'Stride to Cure FOP' along 2.75-miles of paved trails at the new Glasgow Park in Delaware (just 3 miles South of I-95, off Delaware Exit #1). Kids can ride their bikes or scooters, and leashed dogs can em'bark' to raise support for FOP, too. You may stride anytime from dawn to dusk while at the park.

If you can't be at the park, you can still 'Stride to Cure FOP' on May 10. Simply register by May 1 and indicate in the registration form that you're striding elsewhere. This way, you will still receive your Stride to Cure FOP T-shirts in time for the event. Thanks for taking that extra ‘step.'

Justin Henke (left) and Nathaniel Padilla.

Stride to Cure FOP shirts will be provided to all registrants, thanks to our generous sponsors (see below). We kindly request that registered individuals raise a minimum of $50 in total pledges and registered families raise at least $150; all moneys will be collected and submitted to the IFOPA by May 31. A rewards program will also be available for those interested.

Jordyn Bugarin.

Our ultimate goal and hope is to have one strider per FOP member in the IFOPA community! Of the world's 600 known members, 400 belong to the IFOPA. Let's STRIDE TO CURE FOP for them all.

There are four (4) ways to register for the Stride to Cure FOP :

1. Register online
   
   
2. Call the IFOPA office at (407) 365-4194
   
   
3. Attend the Friendly's Fundraiser in Middletown, Delaware on
   Wednesday, May 7, from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.
   350 Dove Run Center, Middletown, DE 19709
   10% of all sales from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. will benefit the IFOPA.
   
   
4. At Glasgow Park on May 10, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
   Intersection of Routes DE 896/US 301 & US 40.
   Starting at 6 a.m., in the western parking lot (near the play area), look for the van with an FOP banner. From 8 a.m. – 3 p.m., look for the tent with the FOP banner.

For More Information

If you have any questions until then, please contact the IFOPA office at (407) 365-4194 or together@ifopa.org.

Sponsors

– Thank and support our T-shirts sponsors –
Each shirt produced represents an FOP member.

Moffett Team