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Saddle River
Registration is now open for the Second Annual Susan Zabransky Hughes 5K Memorial Run/Walk, which will be held in Saddle River on Saturday, April 27. Participants will assemble at 8:30 a.m. at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church at 96 East Allendale Road in Saddle River and run the USATF-certified course. Post race events will also be held at the church. Online registration is encouraged. The fee is $25 per person. That fee will rise to $30 on race day and at the on-site registration. Runners are invited to register now at www.HackensackUMCFoundation.org. Due to the overwhelming success of last year’s race, the number of runners and walkers this year will be limited to 1,200. Proceeds from the run/walk will be donated to the HackensackUMC Foundation to benefit Susan’s Suite. Although a generous financial contribution has already
Registration open for memorial run; March benefit set
Billy and Ellie Hughes, together with Team IHEARTYOU.
been made by the Hughes and Zabransky families, more funding is needed. Susan’s Suite is part of the expansion of the Emergency & Trauma Center that is under way at HackensackUMC. The suite is a specialized emergency section created to address the unique needs of cancer patients, and provides individual fixed-wall private rooms for the patient and family and is staffed by skilled, specially-trained nurses. Susan’s Suite is open and currently functions as a fourbed temporary suite that serves emergency room patients with all types of cancer. When the renovation of the Emer-
gency & Trauma Center is complete in 2015, Susan’s Suite will provide a dedicated 10-bed emergency cancer care pod. The 5K organizers recently announced that Allendale Bar & Grill will host a fundraiser on Monday, March 11. A portion of the proceeds from 11 a.m. until closing, including takeout orders, will be donated to the Susan Zabransky Hughes Memorial Run. The restaurant is located at 67 West Allendale Avenue in Allendale. Once again, Wandell School teachers and staff will (continued on page 21)