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Jingle Bell Run/Walk 5K to Cure Arthritis- Springfield, IL

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ORGANIZATION: Arthritis Foundation - Heartland Region

  • 4 people are interested
Jingle Bell Bloomington, IL
The Bloomington Jingle Bell Run/Walk is back and better than ever! This year’s event will take place on Sunday, November 9, 2014. The Jingle Bell Run is a themed event; participants are full of holiday cheer, dressed in costumes and spread the holiday jingle joy with bells on, literally!

The Springfield Jingle Bell Run/Walk is back and better than ever! This year’s event will take place on Saturday, November 21, 2015. The Jingle Bell Run is a themed event; participants are full of holiday cheer, dressed in costumes and spread the holiday jingle joy with bells on, literally!

Prior to race day, we need volunteers to assist with participation in race packet pick up, t-shirt folding, and event decorating. Day of volunteers are needed to assist with food stations, monitoring the race course, check-in, registration, costume contest organization, event photography, race logistics, the children’s run, and water stops.

Below you will find the dates, times, and locations of volunteer needs for this year’s event. Please note that while we would love volunteers to stay for the entire duration of time requested, we understand if you cannot. We do request volunteers commit to serving for at least 2 hours.

Pre-Race Bib/T-Shirt Pick Up/General Event Set Up

  • Friday, November 20, 2015
  • 4pm-6pm
  • 6pm-8pm
  • Location: Lincoln Land Community College - Menard Hall


Event Day

  • Saturday, November 21, 2015
  • 7am-9am (Event Set Up, Registration)
  • 9am-11am (Registration, Costume Contest, Warm Up, Kids Fun Run, Race Start, Course monitoring/cheering, Post-Race Event, Food Prep)
  • 11am-12:30pm (Post-Race Awards, Food Prep, Clean Up)
  • Location: Lincoln Land Community College - Menard Hall

*If at all possible please volunteer from at least 9am-11am.This is the time frame we most need volunteers, but also need them all day.


Please let me know what day(s) and time duration you will be able to volunteer for this year’s event. You may send your response to HeidiPio723@gmailcom or call (309)863-3507 with any questions. If you are organizing a group of volunteers, please include the name of the volunteers, when your group will be volunteering and for what time duration.

We want to stay as organized as possible, so please also register as a volunteer here.

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About Arthritis Foundation - Heartland Region

Location:

4501 North Sterling Avenue, Suite 101, Peoria, IL 61615, US

Mission Statement

Our Mission

The Arthritis Foundation's mission is to improve lives through leadership in the prevention, control and cure of arthritis and related diseases.

Description

Our Vision

The Arthritis Foundation's vision is to create a world free of arthritis pain.

Arthritis is Unacceptable

Because. . .

  • More than 50 million American adults (one in every five) have doctor diagnosed arthritis.

  • Arthritis affects 300,000 children under the age of 18.

  • Two-thirds of people with arthritis are younger than 65 years old.

  • By the year 2030, an estimated 67 million American adults will have arthritis.

  • Arthritis and related conditions cost the U.S. economy $128 billion per year in medical care and indirect expenses, including lost wages and productivity.

  • People of all genders, ages and races can get arthritis. However, women are more likely to get it than men.

  • Arthritis affects more than 34 million Caucasians, more than 4.6 million African-Americans and 3.1 million Hispanics.

  • Arthritis causes work limitations in the United States for 40 percent of people with the disease.

  • Arthritis limits the daily activities of 21 million Americans. This includes 9.4 percent of the total adult population and 42.4 percent of adults with arthritis.

  • There are 2.5 times as many women as there are men with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

  • The total annual cost of osteoarthritis (OA) per person living with it is approximately $5,700.

  • Arthritis prevalence increases with age: 50 percent of adults age 65 and older have a form of arthritis.

Arthritis annually results in:

  • 44 million outpatient visits

  • About 1 million hospitalizations

  • More than 9,000 deaths

CAUSE AREAS

Children & Youth
Community
Health & Medicine
Children & Youth, Community, Health & Medicine

WHEN

Fri Nov 20, 2015 - Sat Nov 21, 2015
07:00 AM - 08:00 PM

WHERE

Lincoln Land Community College5250 Shepherd RdSpringfield, IL 62794

(39.7588,-89.6331)
 

DATE POSTED

October 29, 2015

SKILLS

GOOD FOR

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

N/A

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