S.T.O.P. Obesity 5K Run/ Walk and Kids fun Dash with Seahawks Ben Obomanu

Jan. 30, 2012 - PRLog -- Hillman Sports presents S.T.O.P. Obesity 5k Run / Walk and children's 100 yard dash. This event is Hosted by Seattle Seahawk Ben Obomanu . Saturday Feb 4th at Seward Park.

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Special guest runners: Jessica Hopkins of the Seattle Mist, Ashley Ryan from K...JR Traffic divas,2011 Miss West Sound Whitney Glebe and many more to be announced!

A portion of the proceeds go to Tree Swing, Tree Swing is a 501c3 non-profit and is Washington's leader in child obesity prevention. This is a Seattle based organization. For more information about Tree Swing, go to www.treeswing.org.

Quick Facts:

A GROWING EPIDEMIC

•The world now has more overweight people than starving people
•Obesity may soon top smoking as the most preventable cause of death
•One-third of U.S. children—about 25 million kids and teens—are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight
•In the past 20 years, the prevalence of overweight among children aged 6 to 11 more than doubled, from 7% to 18.8%
•The rate among children aged 12 to 19 more than tripled, from 5% to 17.1%
Come out and join your favorite Seahawks and support a great organization while fighting childhood obesity.

Cost is $25.00 per person,and a free T-shirt and swag bag.

Kids under 15 and under are free to race along Ben and other Seahawks in the 100 yard dash.

Early Packet- Pickup will be at RoadRunner Sports (Greenlake)on Feb 3rd from 5pm to 8pm.

Raceday Registration is at 8:00am

To Sign up go to www.hillmansports.com

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