4th Annual Selian Lutheran Hospital 5K Run/Walk - June 9, 2012
“We Run That They May Walk”
4th Annual Selian Lutheran Hospital Run/Walk
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Registration begins at 8:00 a.m.
5K Run/Walk begins at 9:00 a.m.
To Register Online:
Visit http://register.stplc.org
To Print a Registration form:
Print Individual Registration Form
Print a Family Registration Form
Print a Sponsor Form:
Print a Sponsorship Form
The Selian Hospital 5K Run/Walk is hosted by Saint Peter Lutheran Church at 9300 East Belleview Avenue, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 and will benefit programs of Selian Lutheran Hospital in Arusha, Tanzania. Nine members of Saint Peter visited the Hospital in June of 2009 and witnessed the life-changing and essential services provided there. It is our hope that you will join in the 5K Run/Walk, so Selian can continue to offer hope and healing to those in need.
THE RUN WILL BEGIN AND END AT SAINT PETER LUTHERAN CHURCH
• Registration Fee: $25 Adults (18 and older), $10 Kids (Ages 6-17), Children under 5 are free
• Registration includes a t-shirt, goodie bag and refreshements.
• Live Musical Entertainment
• Jamba Juice, Food and Craft Concessions
• A Jump Castle, Face Painting and 1K run for the kids
• Door Prizes and Awards
• Mini Massages for Free Will Offering
All participants are encouraged to find individuals and businesses that will sponsor them for the Run/Walk – all proceeds will go to Selian and are tax-deductible. Print a Sponsorship Form
Suggested sponsorship levels:
$10 Basic immunizations for 1 child
$25 Basic immunizations for 3 children
$50 Basic immunizations for 6 children
$100 Basic immunizations for 12 children
$400 Surgery for 1 child to correct the leg deformities of skeletal fluorosis
$3500 Operate Selian Hospital & clinics for one day
Selian Hospital is nestled in the hills above Arusha, in the Northeastern part of Tanzania. The hospital primarily serves the Arusha region, but with its excellent reputation, frequently attracts patients from as far away as Dar Es Salaam on the Eastern coast.
Selian Hospital was established in the 1950’s by Lutheran missionaries and has grown from a dispensary with a single building and ten beds into a 120-bed, full service hospital. The Hospital provides life-saving services that are desperately needed in this area of the world, including treatment of malaria, tuberculosis, pneumonia and AIDS. Selian also offers in-patient and outpatient services, pediatrics, general and specialty surgery, obstetrics, maternal and child health, hospice and orphan care.
Many children in the community Selian serves are crippled and have no access to corrective surgery or rehabilitative care. Some are born with congenital deformities and many more become crippled through drinking water with a high fluoride content. The excess fluoride found in the regions ground water can soften the developing bones and the children’s legs can become so deformed that they are unable to walk, suffer severe pain and are unable to contribute to the needs of the family and the community. At Selian, Skeletal Fluorosis is among the top 5 causes of crippling in children. In some nearby villages as many as 20% of the children are affected. The most severe cases of skeletal fluorosis are referred to Selian for corrective surgery. Selian surgeons, together with Orthopedic Surgery volunteers, operate on approximately 200 of these children annually. Children come into the hospital unable to walk and then walk out under their own power.
Other rehabilitative surgeries include the repair of burn scar contractures (causing joint immobility), cleft palate repair and club foot reconstruction. There is often a sense of humiliation and depression related to these impairments, but once the surgery is performed, the improvement in physical abilities and self-esteem is life-altering, not only for the patient but for the patient’s family and the entire village.
If you have any questions about the 5K Run/Walk, please contact Carol Mayer at 303-470-1205 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). 100% of the proceeds will go to Selian Hospital so the surgeons there can continue to provide hope and healing for those most in need of medical care.
