2012 Kids Walk Locations

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Please join us for the 12th Annual Kids Walk for Kids with Cancer in Central Park!!!

 

 

When and where?  May 12, 2012, 1:30 p.m. in Central Park, NYC at Mineral Springs (67th Street and Central Park West). Click here for details about parking, subways, the walk path, and more!

 

 


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Who walks? Students, parents, teachers, co-workers, neighbors, teenagers and babies in strollers.  The Kids Walk is organized by students from about 50 NYC-area schools, but we hope “kids of all ages” will get involved!

 

More about the day of the Walk. Arrive at 1:30! Turn in your donations, register if you haven’t registered online, buy an official tee-shirt for $10, and find your friends. There’s no fee to take part, but we ask walkers who don’t get sponsors to contribute $20.  Don’t forget to bring a water bottle, an umbrella if it’s rainy, and some snacks to add to the snack table! The 4-mile walkathon will be preceded by a short student program, and followed by snacks, music, and socializing. It’s a fun, family-friendly event to give hope to kids with cancer! 

 

Registration is free, and it’s easy! We ask all walkers to

register for the event. You can register online or on the day of the event. Online registration is now open so please visit our Registration page for more details!

 

Make a team and an online fundraising page! Get together a group of friends, classmates or co-workers and register a team—or be your own team.  When you register online, you’ll automatically create your own fundraising page, and you can also create and personalize a team page. Contact us with any questions or to get shirts and publicity materials for your team!

 

About fundraising & donations. We ask walkers to get sponsors, who can make a donation in any amount to support pediatric cancer research. Please donate $20 at the Walk if you don’t get sponsors!  Walkers can download some of our materials below to help with their fundraising.  Donations can be made online, by checks payable to “Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, or in cash. Donations can be turned in at the Walk or mailed (any time of year!) to:

 

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Attention: Kids Walk for Kids with Cancer

633 Third Avenue, 28th Floor

New York, NY 10017  

To learn more about Donations, visit our Donate Now page! 

 

 

Here are some materials to help your fundraising!

About the NYC Kids Walk

How to Fundraise for the Kids Walk

Donor Form: To list your donations  

Sample fundraising letters

Pediatric Cancer Facts

About MSKCC

Use of Kids Walk Funds

 

Still have questions?  You can Contact Us, visit our FAQ page, or check us out on Facebook!

Help us help kids with cancer!

Start a team, make a donation, or just walk!

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How it All Got Started.

The Kids Walk began in 2001 as an 8th grade homeroom project at Packer Collegiate in Brooklyn NY. One student's little brother was finishing a 3-year treatment for stage IV neuroblastoma at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, so the students wanted to raise funds to help cure pediatric cancer. The 8th grade walkers raised $35,000, and they vowed to keep walking for kids with cancer. In 2002 the Packer students recruited teams from six other NYC schools, and every year thereafter new teams and new generations of students have joined the cause. To learn more visit our About page.

 

How the Funds are Used.

100% of the proceeds from the Kids Walk support pediatric research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the world's oldest and largest private cancer center. Kids Walk funds research which is used to find new treatments for hard-to-cure pediatric cancers. Click here to find more about how the funds raised in 2011 were used.