Greta's Run 5K & Memory Walk

🌟 About Imagine

• Organization: Imagine is a growing and evolving organization, that began in Westfield, NJ, and serves families from over 57 towns in NJ.
• Support: Imagine provides free, year-round grief support for children and families coping with loss due to death.
• Services: In addition to providing grief support at its two centers in Mountainside and Newark, Imagine provides grief education and training to schools, agencies, and workplaces, and on-site support after any traumatic loss.

🏃‍♀️ About Greta's Run

• Founders: One of the largest 5K’s in the area, Greta’s Run was founded in memory of Greta Schoenemann by her childhood friends Ben Nanna and Jayne Ruotolo.
• Background: Greta was a Westfield High School freshman when she died from injuries sustained when a tree branch fell on her and her classmates during lunch.
• Anniversary: This year marks the 12-year Anniversary of when the memorial race began.

👣 Memory Walk

• Event: After the 5K race and Kids Fun Run, we will hold a Memory Walk and invite everyone in our community to participate.
• Lawn Signs: You can purchase a lawn sign in honor of a person in your life who has died.
• Remembrance: We will line the perimeter of this walk and the end of the run with the lawn signs of remembrance, sending a message that although our people have died, they are not forgotten – they are still with us.

🤝 Community Participation

• Invite: We hope that you will join us and walk alongside our families, our children, and our community.
• Message: Let everyone know that their loss matters, that they are not alone, and they are never forgotten.

👕 T-Shirt and Bib Pickup

• Advance Pickup: T-Shirt and bib pick up will be available in advance of race day at Fleet Feet Westfield, specific days and times will be announced in April.
• Race Day Pickup: Shirts and bibs will also be available for pick up on the morning of the race beginning at 8AM.

🔗 Registration Information

• Race URL: Register for the race [here](https://runsignup.com/Race/NJ/Westfield/GretasRunforImagine?aflt_token=QZt1KFBDIiIun5smo9vi7y59qq2fNLcB).