Children’s Friend to hold 5K

PROVIDENCE – Children’s Friend holds its 12th annual Children’s Friend 5K Walk & Run, sponsored by Panera Bread, on Saturday, April 26.
The 10:30 a.m. event at the Roger Williams Park Temple to Music at 1000 Elmwood Ave. features live entertainment, activities for children and free breakfast and lunch provided by Panera Bread Catering for all participants. It is held rain or shine.
“Please … come out to support our state’s most vulnerable kids,” said David Caprio, president and CEO of Children’s Friend. “I guarantee you’ll have a lot of fun while enjoying some exercise, all for a great cause.”
Registration for the walk, which is free, and the run, which costs $25, begins at 8:30 a.m., with an opening ceremony scheduled for 10 a.m. Pre-event exercise massages will be available for participants.
Entertainment includes DJ Spin, as well as The Rhythm Room, a group that mixes percussion with vocals. Children’s activities include an inflatable obstacle course, a bounce house, face painting, sand art and sun catcher painting. Doreen Scanlon from ABC6 will emcee.
Customers visiting any Panera Bread/Howley Bread Group bakery-cafe in Rhode Island or nearby Massachusetts can make a donation of $1 or more, and receive a special wristband.
Other sponsors include Cat County 98.1 WCTK, Amica Mutual Insurance Company, Atrion, DES Printing, Grace Episcopal Church, Innovex, J&A General Contractors, Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co., MetLife, Mutual of America, Partridge Snow & Hahn and Provider Insurance Group.
Other prizes will be awarded, based on the size of the donation, up to and including an Apple TV for donations of $1,000 or more. All participants raising $180 or more will receive a tote bag embroidered with the anniversary logo.
Panera Bread/Howley Bread Group has issued a “Cafe Challenge” requesting that each of the 12 participating bakery-cafe in Rhode Island and Massachusetts register at least 50 employees and friends for the Walk & Run.
Children’s Friend is Rhode Island’s oldest child welfare organization and a provider of child welfare, family support, mental health, and youth development services, with centers in Providence, Pawtucket and Central Falls.
For more information, visit www.childrensfriendwalk.org, facebook.com/childrensfriendri, or call 401-276-4300.

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