Julia's Run for Children

Past Event

Edgewood Park, New Haven CT

Sunday, April 27th, 2025

🏞️ Location

Venue: Our location is the beautiful and peaceful Edgewood Park, just off Whalley Ave in the Westville section of New Haven. This scenic park has a rich history! It was designed in 1910 by Frederick Law Olmsted JR. (His dad designed Central Park in NYC as well as many others in CT and beyond.)

Course Description: The 5K course will stay within the park on its primary driveway/roads. You will travel by West River and the ponds within its borders. It’s safe, quiet, scenic, and NO Cars!
Course Map: The 5k Course map link- Course Map
Turn Around: The second turn around of the 5k is at the far end of the park driveway. You then return to the finish to cover the 3.11 mi distance.
Support: There will be cones, signs, and volunteers at key points to make sure you are on course correctly and not impeding oncoming runners.

Purpose: Our events are dedicated to celebrating the life of Julia Rusinek and honoring the ideals for which she lived. Julia was a student at Yale and devoted herself to improving the lives of those in need.
Fund Mission: The mission of the Julia Rusinek Memorial Fund is to support children through programming aimed at developing leadership skills, a love of literature and writing, and dedication to athleticism.
Beneficiary: Our event proceeds benefit LEAP. Read more about LEAP (Leadership, Education & Athletics in Partnership, Inc.) below.

Donation Button: Use our donation button on this page to contribute.
Fund Purpose: The Fund was established so that Julia’s commitment to children could live on through direct interactions with children and financial support of educational activities and enrichment programs.
Tax status: It is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) organization with virtually no operating expenses.
Charity Partner: All donations from this event into the Julia Rusinek Memorial Fund will go directly to our charity partner -- LEAP.

Shirts: Specially designed shirts, guaranteed size until 4/16. After that shirts are 'as available' - and we could run out.
Opt-out: You will have the option to NOT take a shirt.

Online Only: Registration is online only - even on race day! NO paper entries and NO cash will be accepted.
Choices: You have three choices: run/walk the 5K, walk the entire 5K untimed, or walk the NEW ONE MILE UNTIMED WALK.
Kids' Run: Our kids' run will NOT be timed - it will be 3/4 mile (or shorter for the smaller tykes). All children finishing will receive a medal!
Fees: Registration fees are the same for all events - timed 5K run/walk, untimed 5K, & NEW one mile.

April 16: Cut off for guaranteed t-shirt sizing. After that 'as available'
Date: Sunday, April 27 - from the Pavilion at Edgewood Park.
8:30 AM: Pickup starts for bibs, shirts, swag, & late registration (online only).
10:00 AM: START of all 5K events and one mile walk - snacks & fluids to follow.

Eligibility: Only participants in the timed 5K are eligible for prizes.
Sponsor: WOODBRIDGE RUNNING COMPANY is our Premier Prize Sponsor.
Trophies: 1st place M & F overall, 1st & 2nd for ages 9 & under, 10-13, 3 deep in 14-18, 19-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80+

Parking: There are parking lots within the park that are also open to the public. Arrive early as parking may be tight!
Directions: The best parking lot to use is off West Rock Ave.
GPS: You can use ‘MANJARES’ (a great coffee shop) as an address for GPS directions to the parking area.
Nearby Places: Looking to stay for a bit? Besides Manjares there are some terrific places just a short walk away.