FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Registration Is Now Open For
2010 St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend
MEMPHIS, TENN. (April 30, 2010) - Registration is now open for the
2010 St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend races to be held Saturday, December
4. Participants can register online at www.stjudemarathon.org for any of
the four races: St. Jude Memphis Marathon, St. Jude Memphis Half Marathon,
the Memphis Grizzlies House 5K and the St. Jude Memphis Family Race and
Kids Marathon. Interested participants are encouraged to register soon as
the marathon, half marathon and the Memphis Grizzlies House 5K have sold
out for the past two years. All proceeds benefit St. Jude Children's
Research Hospital®, one of the world's premier pediatric cancer research
centers.
Current registration fees are:
Current Registration
Race Registration Fee* Cap
St. Jude Memphis Marathon $85 3,500
St. Jude Memphis Half Marathon $60 8,100
Memphis Grizzlies House 5K $30 4,000
St. Jude Memphis Family Race $15 per parent; $10 per child 500 families
& Kids Marathon
*Registration fees will increase September 1
Last year, the St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend launched the St. Jude
Memphis Family Race and Kids Marathon allowing parents to share a fun,
fitness experience with their children while teaching them the importance
of helping others. This event is produced in partnership with the YMCA of
Memphis & the Mid-South.
In addition, participants can make their race experience even more
meaningful by becoming a St. Jude Hero. This special community of runners
and walkers not only commit to the challenge of completing an endurance
race; they fundraise for St. Jude as they train. To help St. Jude Heroes
raise money, fundraising tools including a personalized webpage are
provided. St. Jude Heroes race to cross the finish line but the patients of
St. Jude are the true winners. Last year, more than 4,000 St. Jude Heroes
raised $1.9 million in support of the lifesaving research and treatment
conducted at St. Jude.
The St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend is one of the few major marathons in
the country to benefit a single charity. The St. Jude Memphis Marathon
Weekend, presented by Juice Plus+®, is a collaborative effort between St.
Jude and the Memphis Runners Track Club. To learn more, visit
www.stjudemarathon.org.
About St. Jude:
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is internationally recognized for its
pioneering work in finding cures and saving children with cancer and other
catastrophic diseases. St. Jude is the first and only pediatric cancer
center to be designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National
Cancer Institute. Founded by late entertainer Danny Thomas and based in
Memphis, Tenn., St. Jude freely shares its discoveries with scientific and
medical communities around the world. St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer
research center where families never pay for treatment not covered by
insurance. No child is ever denied treatment because of the family's
inability to pay. St. Jude is financially supported by ALSAC, its
fundraising organization. In 2010, St. Jude was ranked the most trusted
charity in the nation in a public survey conducted by Harris Interactive, a
highly respected international polling and research firm. For more
information, go to www.stjude.org.
About the presenting sponsor:
Juice Plus+® is an easy and inexpensive way to add nutrition from a wide
variety of different fruits, vegetables and grains to your diet, everyday.
It provides whole food based nutrition from 17 different fruits, vegetables
and grains in convenient capsule, chewable or gummi form.
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