FREE RUNNING EVENTS

pictured above is the start of the 2009 FREE 5K Run / Walk for HIVers, Cancer Survivors & Friends

FREE 5K Run / Walk for HIVers, Cancer Survivors & Friends, Oceanside, New York, October 24, 2010 plus…

… $45 in toiletry / gift items for people living with HIV or cancer plus many other prizes and surprises. For now, the Event is limited to 100 people unless we find major sponsors. Great breakfast plus $2,000+ in lottery prizes. To provide privacy about the participant’s health, everyone will receive the toiletry / gift items. I’d like to request that if you are HIV and cancer free that you give the toiletry / gift items to someone living with HIV or cancer the week of October 25th.

The Richard M. Brodsky Foundation will be sponsoring its third FREE 5K Run / Walk for HIVers / Cancer Survivors & Friends. The Event will be held on October 24th, 2010, Oceanside Park, Oceanside, NY, start time 9 AM. (arrive between 7:30 and 8:30 to receive your running bib & t-shirt).

WHY A FREE RUN / WALK? My name is Richard Brodsky and I’m President of the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation. I’m HIV-positive for 13 years, a brain cancer survivor for almost 8 years and a marathon runner for life. Running and the camaraderie of running with friendly upbeat runners has saved my life. I want to share this gift with as many people living with HIV and cancer as possible.

My Foundation can sponsor two of these runs per year and the other monthly runs could be at other 5K Events on Long Island where the entry fees range from $10 - $25 per person. I am currently negotiating with other race directors to see if they would provide a group discount for all participants wearing a 5K AIDS /Cancer Run / Walk t-shirt. In return, an Event t-shirt would not be requested.

If you are interested in participating in the 2010 FREE Run / Walk Event you must sign up in advance as there will not be any race day registration. Kindly sign up by October 10, and you will receive a personalized Event t-shirt on race day. To sign up click on the following link: 5K FREE Run / Walk Application for October 24, 2010 Event We hope to get a lot of

- people living with HIV or cancer and their friends and relatives

- club members of High School AIDS Awareness Clubs and their faculty advisers

- runners and walkers who have participated in previous Events sponsored by the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation

- supporters of people living with HIV or cancer

To help fund the Oceanside FREE run / walk, sponsors are invited to contribute $75 to have their name or $150 for a logo on the Event T-shirt. If the t-shirts have already been printed, not to worry, your name or logo will appear on the post-Event t-shirt which will be mailed to you. You will also receive a Certificate of Appreciation, and you name or logo will appear on the Runner’s Certificate of Completion, if your donation is received more than 72 hours before the start of the run / walk.

In the inaugural FREE Oceanside 5K Run / Walk for HIVers, Cancer Survivors & Friends, the Foundation did provide $50 in toiletry / gift items to all participants. All participants and volunteers also won lottery prizes worth an average of $35. It’s amazing how generous store vendors and enterprising students have been on Long Island. It’s doubtful we can get such large donations again, but hey, you never know.

To read more about the global work the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation is involved with, the website, http://www.worldaidsmarathon.com shows photos of the annual World AIDS Marathon in Kisumu, Kenya on World AIDS Day and its charitable work in Africa. To learn more about the annual 5K AIDS / Cancer Run / Walk in America which is held every May or June, visit the other links on this website. Donations for all Events can be made via either site. We are not accepting donations for the March 21st Run / Walk, however, donations can be made to the Foundation anytime by mailing a check made payable to the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation at 1247 Mara Court, Atlantic Beach, NY 11509.

Says Jodi Brodsky, Richard’s wife, “it’s a great day when communities, businesses and individuals can come out and be supportive of people living with HIV and cancer. We’ve come a long way. I remember when Richard was first diagnosed with HIV and we were fearful that the community would ostracize Richard for disclosing his HIV-status. While the stigma of AIDS is still there, it is very comforting to know there were 278 walkers and runners supporting Richard and the work his Foundation does.”