MBU “Run For Ronald” 5K to again benefit Ronald McDonald House
Missouri Baptist University organizes second annual fun run/walk on Oct. 15, 2011 to raise funds and for Ronald McDonald House on the campus of St. John’s Mercy Children’s Hospital
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For the second time in as many years, Missouri Baptist University is helping one of its most deserving neighbors.
MBU is set to host the second annual “MBU Run For Ronald,” Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011 at 8 a.m. on the campus of Missouri Baptist University. The fun run will benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities’ 300th house, which opened last fall on the campus of St. John’s Mercy Children’s Hospital in West St. Louis County,
“This is a great opportunity for MBU and the community to help raise awareness for such a worthy organization,” said Dr. Alton Lacey, Missouri Baptist University president. “MBU is honored to be associated with the great work of Ronald McDonald House Charities.”
The “MBU Run For Ronald” is a fun run/walk for all ages that will begin at Missouri Baptist University and end in front of the Ronald McDonald House on the campus of Mercy Children's Hospital. The post-race celebration, hosted by Ronald McDonald, will include a free breakfast, an awards ceremony and tours of the new House.
"RMHC is so incredibly excited that Missouri Baptist University has embraced the newest Ronald McDonald House by hosting the "MBU Run for Ronald" to help welcome us to the neighborhood," RMHC President Dan Harbaugh said. "Making this new House a home would not be possible without great community partners like MBU who see the value of providing comfortable beds, warm meals, and other comforts of home to families of children being treated at West County hospitals."
For more information or to register, contact Linda Myers at (314) 392-2304 or via-email at myersl@mobap.edu.
MBU Run For Ronald Details:
When: Oct. 15 at 8 a.m. Registration begins at 7 a.m.
Where: West St. Louis County. The run/walk will begin on MBU’s campus and end at the Ronald McDonald House on the campus of Mercy Children's Hospital. Shuttles will be available to take participants back to MBU following the event. Strollers welcome on route.
Cost: $15.00 if registered before Oct. 3, 2011; $20.00 after Oct. 3, 2011. The first 300 participants will receive a free T-shirt and a signature pair of Ronald McDonald socks to wear on race day.
About Ronald McDonald House Charities: Since 1981, RMHC of Metro St. Louis has served as a “home-away-from-home” for more than 30,000 families traveling to St. Louis with seriously ill children. The Houses provide a comfortable bed, warm meals, hot showers, and a network of families who share the similar burden of having a seriously ill child. In addition, three Ronald McDonald Family Rooms have provided comfort and care to more than 10,000 families of pediatric inpatients at St. Louis hospitals since 2005. Ronald McDonald Family Rooms provide many of the same comforts of the House, but within the hospital.
About Missouri Baptist University: With more than 5,000 students, Missouri Baptist University is St. Louis’ Christ-centered university. MBU offers more than 40 undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees in education, business and religion and its new terminal degree, the Doctor of Education. In addition to its 66-acre West St. Louis County campus, MBU offers degree programs at nine regional learning centers in throughout St. Louis and in Southern Illinois and online.
