Upcoming Events at Memorial Park
Sat Jun 16, 11:00 AM - Sat Jun 16, 2:00 PM
Memorial Park
8001 W 59th Avenue, Arvada, CO 80004
Community: Arvada
Description
The event aims to raise awareness, encourage early detection and to fund research for esophageal cancer.
Event Details
The 1st Annual Esophageal Cancer Walk/Run will be held on Saturday, June 16, 2018, 9 AM MDT at Memorial Park 8001 W 59th Avenue, Arvada, CO 80004.
Tickets are $20 in advance by Thursday, June 14, 2018.
T-shirts will be available for paid guests who register by June 1, 2018!
$25 day of the event. Cash and check are the only forms of payment accepted the day of the event.
Bring your family, friends, co-workers and dogs, too! Memorial Park is pet friendly!
Children 12 and under are admitted FREE!*
About the event:
The 1st Annual Esophageal Cancer Walk/Run will benefit The Salgi Esophageal Cancer Research Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity working to raise awareness, encourage early detection and fund research of esophageal cancer...in hopes of a cure.™
Parking instructions: There is parking lot behind City Hall and some street parking. Guests are to meet and register at the pavilion in the park- look for signs.
The event starts at 9 AM.
The path is approximately three miles and guests are encouraged to walk or run at their own pace as the event is a walk/run and not a timed race.
Thank you, In-Kind Donors:
Svelte
Joy, Lindsey and Monica, are coordinating the esophageal awareness event in Colorado.
"This fundraiser is in honor of our father/husband, Roy Ivan Parrish, who passed away from Stage IV Esophageal Cancer on July 20th, 2014.
Our father began to experience symptoms of a cold in the spring of 2013. It seemed like a common cold, but he could not kick the side effects. His primary doctor decided to do some blood work and that is when the results showed we were dealing with more than just a cold.
Our father had suffered from GERD for many years and this had turned into Barrett’s esophagus. However, he was diligent in his checkups and always went in for his scopes in a timely manner. By the time blood work came back, he was diagnosed with Stage IV esophageal cancer in June 2013. The doctors said the cancer was aggressive and it grew very fast. We had another year of life with our father, but it was a tough one. As anyone knows that has experienced medical trials, there were a lot of ups and do
Tickets are $20 in advance by Thursday, June 14, 2018.
T-shirts will be available for paid guests who register by June 1, 2018!
$25 day of the event. Cash and check are the only forms of payment accepted the day of the event.
Bring your family, friends, co-workers and dogs, too! Memorial Park is pet friendly!
Children 12 and under are admitted FREE!*
About the event:
The 1st Annual Esophageal Cancer Walk/Run will benefit The Salgi Esophageal Cancer Research Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity working to raise awareness, encourage early detection and fund research of esophageal cancer...in hopes of a cure.™
Parking instructions: There is parking lot behind City Hall and some street parking. Guests are to meet and register at the pavilion in the park- look for signs.
The event starts at 9 AM.
The path is approximately three miles and guests are encouraged to walk or run at their own pace as the event is a walk/run and not a timed race.
Thank you, In-Kind Donors:
Svelte
Joy, Lindsey and Monica, are coordinating the esophageal awareness event in Colorado.
"This fundraiser is in honor of our father/husband, Roy Ivan Parrish, who passed away from Stage IV Esophageal Cancer on July 20th, 2014.
Our father began to experience symptoms of a cold in the spring of 2013. It seemed like a common cold, but he could not kick the side effects. His primary doctor decided to do some blood work and that is when the results showed we were dealing with more than just a cold.
Our father had suffered from GERD for many years and this had turned into Barrett’s esophagus. However, he was diligent in his checkups and always went in for his scopes in a timely manner. By the time blood work came back, he was diagnosed with Stage IV esophageal cancer in June 2013. The doctors said the cancer was aggressive and it grew very fast. We had another year of life with our father, but it was a tough one. As anyone knows that has experienced medical trials, there were a lot of ups and do
