When: The fourth annual 5K Transplant Run/Walk to benefit kidney and pancreas transplant patients will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, in Washington Park in Springfield.
Registration: begins at 7 a.m.
The registration fee is $20.
Where: Participants will meet at the Washington Park picnic shelter area near the tennis courts and playground.
Memorial Medical Center's Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Program is the event's host. Proceeds benefit the transplant patient assistance fund at Memorial, which provides patients with medication and other medical needs that may arise during or after a transplant.
The transplant program is a cooperative initiative between Memorial Medical Center and the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Since its founding in 1972, the program has completed more than 740 kidney and pancreas transplants. More than 200 patients are on the Memorial Medical Center kidney/pancreas transplant waiting list, and another 100 patients are being evaluated. The transplant team follows and manages the care of more than 300 post-transplant patients. More than 200 people participated in last year's event. The three previous runs raised a combined total of $45,000.
https://www.memorialmedical.com/Documents/TransplantWalk2008_Registration.pdf
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