8th Annual Hike for Hope

TAKE STEPS to BRING the HOMELESS HOME

Team DavidJ

Through YOUR commitment to help bring the homeless home, we can happily dwell on the opportunities that will now be available through this two year residency program for the first 20 families that will reside there. Through your goodness, sponsorships and pledges, YOU have offered them a chance at a successful life – a life out of poverty, a life full of dignity and self respect and so much more – all within a safe and nurturing environment. There really is no place like home!

The Hike for Hope is an annual event and remains the principal funding source for the Transitional Housing Project and the Life Skills Programs that will enable our families to succeed.

Your generous support has brought us this far!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• SAVE $5.00: $15.00 PRE-Registration and On-Line website Registration is now OPEN. PLEASE REGISTER NOW while it is on your mind and avoid the last minute rush. Pre-registration and on-line registration will close at noon on Wednesday, September 26th.
• $20.00 registration fee on Hike Day – Day of Hike Registration opens Sunday, September 30th at 11:00 a.m. at Merrimack College.
• The walk begins promptly at 1:00 p.m. Event ends: 3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
• A 1-MILE course is also available
• Please leave bikes and inline skates at home for safety's sake
• Plenty of FREE parking at Merrimack College and at the bank and medical building off of Elm Street across from the college
• Places for teams to meet at: Stage Area, Registration Tent, Volunteer Booth, Pledge Booth, Food Area, Table & Seating Area, Photo Booth, Start Line
• Please bring pledges to the Pledge Drop Off booth near the Registration Tent
• Pledges and late pledges can be mailed to:
  Lazarus House Hike for Hope
  Attn: Lana Schofield
  P.O. Box 408
  Lawrence, MA 01842
• Volunteers must report to the Volunteer Check-in booth
• Volunteers are dressed in RED t-shirts for easy identification
• Pre-registered walkers must check in at the Registration Tent to receive their t-shirt and walker bib number. If you have pre-registered and have picked up your t-shirt and walker bib number prior to the walk, you need NOT report to the Registration tent
• Walkers wishing to register the day of the Hike may do so at the Registration Tent at the On-Site Registration Area for $20.00 (no guarantee of Hike t-shirt)
• If you have pre-registered and have already picked up your t-shirt and walker bib number prior to the walk, you need not report to the Registration tent
• The course is well marked and an official Hike for Hope van will patrol the route for those who need a rest or a ride back to the college
• Water stations available throughout course
• Restrooms are available at the Old Town Hall and port-o-johns at the college

WHY IS THIS YEAR’S WALK IMPORTANT?

This year's walk is significant – as we celebrate the end of construction and the opening of our doors. We will welcome 20 families - single parents and their children to their new home as part of our transitional housing project, Project Hope - Bringing the Homeless Home, a 20-unit apartment complex for single parents and their children.

So many dedicated people - sponsors, walkers and volunteers have come together for the past seven years to make this dream a reality. The Hike has come a long way since its founder, Dave McGillivray, envisioned it.

"This wonderful project is happening because you cared, you believed and you put your caring and belief into action!" - H. Bridget Shaheen, Lazarus House executive director. Thank you!

REGISTER NOW SO YOU DON’T MISS OUT ON:

• Lots of entertainment along the route and on the field - DJ, jazz, folk, acoustic guitar, The Treble Chorus of New England singing with Esperanza Academy – Girl's School of Hope
• Face painting, balloons, clowns, Cat In the Hat and Sponge Bob
• Professional photographer shooting complimentary group photos
• Central Catholic and North Andover High School Cheerleaders
• Pre-Hike warm up led by Cindy Raynor of Andover
• A huge cookout
• Plus so much more.

Help stock our food pantry the day of the Hike for the upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays when we give our more than 2,000 boxes of food to those who are poor and in need. Please bring a canned or nonperishable item to the Hike where we will have a truck and staff ready to take your donations.

Pre-registration OPEN: $15 until noon, Wednesday, September 26th (includes an official 2007 HFH t-shirt)

HIKE DAY: On-site Registration opens at 11:00 a.m., $20 (no guarantee of a t-shirt)

See you on Sunday!

Warmest regards,

Lana

Lana L. Schofield
Director of Communications & Special Events

978-689-8575, Ext. 206
617-429-0483, Cell

Lazarus House
P.O. Box 408
Lawrence, MA 01842