The Daily Newarker — Press Wire

Please join Branch Brook Park Alliance (BBPA) and Forest Hill Community Association (FHCA) in the fight against breast cancer on Sunday, April 26, 2009, as we join together to participate in the Susan G. Komen North Jersey 5K Race for the Cure® right in our backyard: Essex County Branch Brook Park in Newark (and Belleville), NJ.

The Race, which is 3.2 miles in the exhilarating setting of the Olmsted-designed park, will raise much-needed funds for research and critical breast health education, screening and treatment programs for underserved and uninsured women in our own communities. 75% of net funds raised by the Affiliate stay within its nine-county northern New Jersey service region; the remaining 25% is directed to Susan G. Komen for the Cure Award and Research Grant Program.

Every thirteen minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer and every three minutes a woman loses her battle with the disease.

How to Help Out

• Register to join our Race team or make a pledge/donation in support of our participation. Any amount you choose to give will be greatly appreciated.
• Join our team and walk with us! The larger the group, the more memorable the experience for all of us and the greater the impact of our efforts.
• To Join the BBPA/FHCA team or make a tax-deductible donation, please click the link: I want to join the BBPA/FHCA team!

ABOUT BBPA AND FHCA:
Branch Brook Park Alliance is a non-profit organization comprised of local residents and community leaders committed to raising awareness of the tranquility that Essex County Branch Brook Park offers to the local community as a sacred, democratic space where people from diverse backgrounds can meet on common ground. BBPA and the Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation & Cultural Affairs are partners in improving this oldest of Essex County’s parks, the “crown jewel” of the first County parks system in the nation and a tourist destination for visitors from around world. BBPA is self-supporting and helps to raise significant monies each year to finance its operations, create landscape improvement plans, and implement capital projects and programs. For more info:
www.BranchBrookPark.org

Forest Hill Community Association is a non-profit committed to fostering closer relationships among residents of the community, similar community-minded organizations and agencies of the government, in order to improve the quality of life for all the residents of the neighborhood. www.fhcanewark.com