Circle of Friends, a volunteer organization supporting Nationwide Childrens Hospital, will host its Seventh Annual Run for the Rainbow 5K Run/Walk and Kids Fun Run Friday, June 19 at New Albany Market Square, 180 Market St., New Albany, Ohio. Proceeds from Run for the Rainbow benefit pediatric cancer research at The Research Institute at Nationwide Childrens. Over the past 15 years, Circle of Friends has raised nearly $1.5 million for the fight against pediatric cancer.
Registration opens at 5:30 p.m. with races beginning at 6:40 p.m. (Kids Fun Run), 7 p.m. (5K Run) and 7:05 p.m. (5K Walk). Registration fees are $15 for the Kids Fun Run and $25 for the 5K Run/Walk. After June 10, registration is $20 and $30 respectively.
Run for the Rainbow is held on a certified course and features exciting activities for the whole family. This years race offers chip timing and all participants will receive a technical shirt. Awards will be given to the top finishers in each race.
New this year, deployed troops will race in Run for the Rainbow overseas with an expected turnout of nearly 500 participants. There is an opportunity to support the troops by visiting www.NationwideChildrens.org/RunfortheRainbow, click on Step 4: Contribute to a Specific Participant and support Team Redtails.
To register for Run for the Rainbow and for more information, visit www.NationwideChildrens.org/RunfortheRainbow or call (614) 355-0888.
Circle of Friends
In 1994, a small group of friends gathered for a summer party in the New Albany home of Tom and Susie Puleri. A fishbowl placed on the table for donations had collected $300 by nights end, which marked the beginning of what would become Circle of Friends. The gathering began as a grassroots celebration of the Puleris niece, Angela Weber, and her remission from childhood leukemia. It took on a new meaning in 1998 when Webers 6-year-old friend, Aaron Kraut, lost his nearly five-year battle with the same disease. Over the past 15 years, Circle of Friends has raised nearly $1.5 million with 100 percent of the proceeds designated exclusively to cancer research. For more information, visit www.NationwideChildrens.org/CircleofFriends.
Circle of Friends Seventh Annual Run for the Rainbow June 19
May 18, 2009
About Nationwide Children's Hospital
Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 list of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of America’s largest not-for-profit free-standing pediatric health care systems providing unique expertise in pediatric population health, behavioral health, genomics and health equity as the next frontiers in pediatric medicine, leading to best outcomes for the health of the whole child. Integrated clinical and research programs, as well as prioritizing quality and safety, are part of what allows Nationwide Children’s to advance its unique model of care. Nationwide Children’s has a staff of more than 14,000 that provides state-of-the-art wellness, preventive and rehabilitative care and diagnostic treatment during more than 1.7 million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded free-standing pediatric research facilities. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.