Legs
for Liberia 5K Run and 2 Mile
Walk
21 August, 2010 8:00 AM2010 Winners and Times
Medical
Mission Team Support Effort Church in
Palmyra, Virginia, and
Effort Church in Liberia, Africa, discovered one another in 1997 and
our great friendship began.
Over the years we
have been
sending annual gifts and supplies to our new brothers and sisters as
Liberia and its infrastructure was completely ravaged by 14 years of
civil war.
In 2003, Effort USA
sent its first mission team
to Liberia and has continued sending teams for six years now. We have
joined Effort Church Liberia in rebuilding, repairing, and restoring
what was destroyed by the war. We have become partners in Effort's
ministry to orphans, new churches, camps for ex-combatants of the war,
scholarships to send children to school, implementing youth
conferences, children's retreats, and more.
"Legs for
Liberia" is our next call to address some of the overwhelming medical
needs in Liberia. The proceeds of the race will be used by medical
missions team to construct medical clinics, provide medical supplies,
resources and training for Liberia.
Thanks to the 2008
and
2009 Legs for Liberia participants and sponsors, the first medical
missions team went to Liberia in November, 2009. The team
consisted of 20 people. We held 3 days of clinics near Monrovia,
plus an afternoon clinic at a girl’s hostel before traveling a long 15
hours on a very rough road to the country’s interior to hold another 4
days of clinic. In total, we treated 2,400 people and filled more
than 13,000 prescriptions. We also did vision testing and
provided glasses to hundreds of people. People walked 18 or more
miles just to get medical care. The need is so great!
Please help us save more lives by walking or running with us to help
and heal the people of Liberia. Links to video from
the 2009 medical missions trip:Video:
Effort Liberia Foya Medical Mission Video:
Effort Liberia Medical Mission 2009 -week 2 review
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B&W Auto Body
Blue Ridge Motor Works
Blue
Ridge Mountain Sports
Bubbles Salon
Dogwood Restaurant
Domino's
Pizza
Farmers, Merriman
Insurance Agency
Fluvanna Do It Best Hardware
Food Lion
Harris
Teeter
IHOP
| Jefferson Good Neighbor
Pharmacy
Kim Drake, Mary Kay representative
Lake
Chiropractic, PC
Mailbox Express
Merriman Marketing
Palmyra
Country Store
Papa John Pizza
Ragged Mountain Running Shop
Starbucks
The
Goodie
Bag
The Party Starts Here
Union First Market Bank
Vmeals
- Point, Click, Eat
Video by the Lake
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Have
questions? Call 589-8962 or email legsforliberia@yahoo.com
for more info.
Course:
The 5K runners will begin at The
Village Park and will proceed down Main Street and turn right onto the
Old Rail Trail. After completing the Old Rail Trail Loop, the course
turns right onto Main Street once again, down to Route 15. After
turning right onto Route 15, the new bridge over the Rivanna will lead
to Route 53.
After turning right on Route 53,
there will be an immediate right through the parking lot in front of
Captain Frank's Seafood Restaurant, circling around to the back of
Captain Frank's Seafood Restaurant and
turning right in the field for a quick loop through the boat launch
area. From the boat launch area, the course continues straight passing
the back of Captain Frank's Seafood Restaurant and turns left onto
Route 53. From
Route 53, turn left onto Route 15 and back up to wind through historic
Palmyra to finish at the Village Park.
Mile markers and timers will be at
miles one and two, and there will be one water stop.
The 2-mile walkers will begin at the
Village Park and will proceed down Main Street and turn right onto the
Old Rail Trail. Once completing the Old Rail Trail Loop, the course
winds through Historic Palmyra and back to the Village Park.
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"The numbers on the
map indicate historical buildings/sites that you will pass on the
course. For a description of each one, please see the Fluvanna
Historical Society's link below."
Fluvanna
History Walking Tour Brochure
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