Steps to Independence 5K Run/Walk for Conductive Education
Steps To Independence, a Conductive Education (CE) program providing services to children with motor disabilities such as cerebral palsy or spina bifida, will host its 2nd Annual 5K Run/Walk for Conductive Education.
100% of the proceeds will be donated to Steps to Independence to provide an intensive education program for children with motor disabilities.
The new facility will offer expanded group learning rooms, specialty equipment designed to help the children walk, learn, and grow on their own, and a convenient location for families to bring their children.
Steps To Independence is comprised of parents and professionals offering summer and school-year programs for children ages 2 to 21 who face life’s everyday challenges with a motor disability. The program emphasizes active learning in groups of four to ten students, during which students learn to be physically, socially and psychologically independent.
About Steps To Independence 2nd Annual 5K Run/Walk for Conductive Education:
When: Sunday, October 9, 2011
Where: North Park Boathouse, Pearce Mill Road, McCandless Township, PA,15101
Time: 9:00 AM, Registration starts at 8:00 AM at the Boathouse
Cost: Adult (ages 14 and up): $25.00 (includes T-shirt)
Youth (ages 6-13): $12.00 (includes T-shirt)
Child (ages 6 and under): Free
To learn more about Conductive Education and to register online, please visit www.stepstoindependence.org or call 412.254.4784
About Steps to Independence:
Steps To Independence, which began in 1998 as Conductive Education of Pittsburgh, is a non-profit project of the Tides Center and a member of the Inter-American Conductive Education Association. Tuition and fundraising efforts support the hiring of experienced conductors and classroom aides, the purchase of supplies and equipment, facility rental, and liability insurance. Conductive Education is not a “cure” for children with motor disabilities, but a reliable method of building independence and functional motor skills. Since 1998, Steps To Independence has ensured that this valuable program is available to families in Western Pennsylvania. For more information, please visit www.stepstoindependence.org.