[afro-nets] 5 km Run/Walk in Montreal to Improve Health

[Jennifer Staple <Jennifer.Staple@aya.yale.edu>]

Run 5 km to Improve Health at Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana
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Unite For Sight 5 km Run/Walk for Sight in Montreal, Quebec,
Canada
November 28th at 10 AM

Sponsors: Running Room, Runners World, Naya Water, Gatorade
Course assistance provided by the Montreal YMCA Dynamos

Registration Fee is $35 with all proceeds funding Unite For
Sight's Sight-Restoring Cataract Surgery Program in Winter 2005
at Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana

Race Day Registration Begins at 8 AM at the Monument

Online Registration available at
https://www.events.runningroom.com/applications/?raceId=1218&eventId=7036&vrindex=3

Race pickup will be available on race morning and also on Thurs-
day through Sunday (November 25 through 27) at Running Room in
Westmount, Quebec

Contact mailto:JStaple@uniteforsight.org
and
http://www.uniteforsight.org to receive registration details

* Free Race TShirts given to the first 250 registered
* The race starts at the Monument at the base of Mount Royal at
Parc and Pine Ave.
* There will be a 1 km Kids Run at 10:30 AM with ribbons to all
participants
* Awards for the 5 km Run will be given in 5 year age increments
as follows: under 20, 20-24, 25-29, 29-30, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44,
45-49, 50-54, 55-60, 60+
* All awards will be given in a ceremony after the race finish
* Water will be available on the course at the 2.5 km mark and
at the finish
* Post Race Festivities include free food and drink, music, face
painting, and complimentary vision screenings and information by
the McGill University chapter of Unite For Sight


Unite For Sight's Program at Buduburam Refugee Camp, Ghana

Unite For Sight (http://www.uniteforsight.org) volunteers will
arrive at the refugee camp on December 28, 2004 to distribute
eyeglasses, screen for eye disease and operable cataracts, coor-
dinate treatment at an eye clinic, implement eye health educa-
tion programs for children, and implement a Train-the-Trainer
program for teachers in the schools.

At present, there is only one health clinic with a single quali-
fied physician for the 77,838 residents at the Buduburam Refugee
Camp. Because the population does not have an eye doctor avail-
able, Unite For Sight volunteers will screen the children and
adults for treatable eye conditions and coordinate their care by
ophthalmologists at the newly established Christian Eye Clinic
in Tema, Ghana. Unite For Sight will fund all eye care treatment
for the Buduburam children and adults.

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Jennifer Staple
mailto:Jennifer.Staple@aya.yale.edu