Have a Heart Run

1st Annual Have a Heart Run

10k Run & 2 Mile Run/Walk

A benefit for Skagit County Community Action

When: May 22, 2010

Registration: Pre-register by May 19th: $30

Day of Race Registration: $35

On-line registration: http://www.databarevents.com/heart.asp

T-Shirts: $15 (limited quantities on day of race)

Time: 9:30am (Registration is from 8:15-9:15am)

More information on-line at

http://www.skagitcap.org/post/Have-a-Heart-Run.aspx



Edgewater Park Course Description
Community Action's first annual Have a Heart Run will begin at the beautiful Edgewater Park in Mount Vernon. The 10k race course is fairly flat and runs south along parts of the Skagit River dikes and beautiful farm lands. As part of the course is run on the road, it will be clearly marked for safety. One water station will be located at approximately mile marker 3.

The 2 mile run/walk course runs along the dike and is safe for the entire family. This year's race is professionally managed by Skagit Runners and unofficial results will be posted at the finish line with final results posted on our website (www.skagitcap.org).


Who will this benefit?
Have a Heart Run is a major fundraising event to benefit Skagit County Community Action. Each year Community Action helps over 36,000 low-income people rise out of crisis and onto self-sufficiency.


How can your involvement have a greater impact?
To make this fundraiser more successful, please consider approaching your friends, family, and cohorts to make a tax-deductible donation in honor of your run/walk. Use this pledge form to help keep track of your pledges.

MAIL IN DONATIONS: Please mail all checks to Skagit County Community Action, 330 Pacific Place, Mount Vernon, WA 98273. Be sure to mention your donation was prompted by the Have a Heart Run and put the runner you are sponsoring in the memo line.

ON-LINE DONATIONS: Click here to make a donation online. Be sure to mention your donation was prompted by the Have a Heart Run and put the runner you are sponsoring in the comments box.


Interested in volunteering for this event?
To volunteer, sign up on-line at http://www.1-800-volunteer.org/1800Vol/skagit/vcindex.do



Thank you.
Susan Lange
Have a Heart Run Coordinator
360-416-7585 ext 1167
susanl@skagitcap.org

Dine to Donate with Community Action and Applebees

Please join SKAGIT COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY and for our MONTHLY FUNDRAISING EVENT to benefit Community Action's FOOD ACCESS PROGRAMS: Mobile Food Express, Food Bank Distribution Center, Skagit Food Share Alliance

Starting in 2010, print and bring this flyer in on the 1ST THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH to Applebee’s and they will donate 15% of your total bill to Community Action to benefit the food access programs! Lunch, dinner, and Carside-to-go orders!

Mark your calendars:
Feb. 4
March 4
April 1
May 6
June 3
July 1
Aug. 5
Sept. 2
Oct. 7
Nov. 4
Dec. 2

Only at the Applebee's Restaurant located in Burlington * (360) 757-1414

*One flyer per ticket

* Please do not distribute flyers in or around the restaurant

Third Annual Dine Out and Rethink the Holiday

During this economic storm of uncertainty, more and more Skagit County residents are, for the first time in their lives, finding themselves in need of a “hand up.” Working together, we can stabilize families, reduce hunger and homelessness, create lives of hope, and strengthen the bonds of community.

The need is staggering. Last year we served over 33,000 people in this community, an astounding 20% increase from the year before. Sadly, homelessness and hunger are also alarmingly commonplace in Skagit County:

· This year’s homeless count found that Skagit County again has the HIGHEST homeless population per capita in the State of Washington.

· One-fourth of our low-income citizens’ report going hungry from lack of food, and 20% of Skagit County households, made up of our friends and neighbors, rely on area food banks to feed their families.

But there’s a solution. This holiday season, we at Skagit County Community Action want to make it easy for you to partner with us as we assist parents and children who need food and a warm place to live – all year round. Please consider these three easy ways you can partner with us this holiday season:

“Rethink the Holidays” by sending in your gift that will help feed and care for our homeless and hungry friends and neighbors in Skagit county.

“Dine Out for the Homeless and Hungry” is an easy way to alleviate local hunger and homelessness, simply by going out to eat on December 8, 2009 at your favorite participating restaurant listed on the enclosed flyer. That’s all! These restaurants in turn donate a portion of their proceeds to us.

If eating out is not an option, we invite you to “dine in” instead – and consider using the money saved by eating at home to make a generous gift.

Either way you choose to donate, your gift will go towards alleviating homelessness and hunger in our community. We want to thank you in advance for your gift this holiday season. Together we can weather this storm, and make a lasting difference.