FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Maureen Gross
Director of Development, Palms West Community Foundation
(561)790-6200 office
(561)714-0887 cell
Event:
Palms West Community Foundation
Wellington Community Fitness 5K Run/Walk
Saturday, November 6th, 2010
Wellington Town Plaza
Wellington Community Fitness 5K Run/Walk 2010
The Palms West Community Foundation is pleased to announce that the 2010 Wellington Community Fitness 5K Run & Walk will be held on Saturday, November 6, 2010. Joanna Boynton and Terri Priore will both return this year, to chair the event. The Wellington Community Fitness 5K Run/Walk has been an annual event since 1997 focused on bringing residents together to promote health and fitness, while supporting a charitable organization. The net proceeds from the 2010 event will benefit Scott’s Place—A Playground For All Abilities.
Scott’s Place is a barrier-free playground being built as part of the new Wellington Town Center. A cornerstone donation of $250,000 was made by the Williamson family, whose son dealt with his disabilities his whole life. Their donation enabled the construction to begin, and now there is a need for community support to finish the project. Scott’s Place is the first barrier-free playground in Palm Beach County, and will ultimately incorporate a full acre of accessible playground equipment including slides, sensory items, shade, swings and many other attractions. Boynton explained, “The Run/Walk steering committee felt that donating to Scott’s Place enabled us to provide a place for our community’s children to enjoy fitness on an everyday basis. The 2010 Wellington Community Fitness 5K Run/Walk is proud to donate to this project, where children of varying abilities can come together to play in a safe and enriching environment.”
This year’s event will feature a USATF Certified 5K Run and non-competitive walk—something the entire family can enjoy and race enthusiast of all ages and ability levels can participate in. The course this year will be based at the new Wellington Town Center, where the Amphitheatre and Scott’s Place are located. As in past years, it will be an out-and-back route. But, this year the race will begin on Chancellor Drive, (located just behind the Village’s pool diving boards), and will turn right onto South Shore Blvd. Participants will head up South Shore and turn right (North) onto Big Blue Trace until they reach the half-way point and then they will loop back and return to the start/finish line on Chancellor Drive. “Basing the walk at the Town Center gives a “center” to our community event,” Priore states, “and it encompasses our affiliation with Scott’s Place this year. This new location offers us the opportunity to grow the Community Fitness 5K Run/Walk into an even larger, community event in the years to come.”
To register for the Run/Walk or for sponsorship information, please visit www.communityfitnessrun.com, or contact Maureen Gross at (561)790-6200 or maureen@palmswest.com.