Literacy 5000

photo gallery | video interview | video wall climb | video interview with Art

- formerly Dyslexia Dash

 

LITERACY 5000 --- DYSLEXIA DASH

LITERACY 5000 is part of a national tradition sponsored by the International Dyslexia Association. Called the Dyslexia Dash, its goal is to promote awareness of dyslexia and the many effective strategies to overcome literacy issues.
We ran or walked through the beautiful Fairmont Park, which was designed by Frederick Olmsted, who also designed Central Park and Prospect Park in New York City. The park features rose gardens, several lakes, a bandshell, and the historic boathouse.  Our goal of this event is to raise funds to aid on-going programs in four major areas: information, referrals, conferences, workshops. Literacy issues are very prevalent and such issues (poor reading and writing skills) are a national public health concern because of the impact they have on social skills, employment, and especially self-esteem.
2012 was our 3rd annual 5K and it was our best ever!! We had twice the number of runners – and we thank all of our participants for helping to make this an exciting event.  We are eagerly looking forward to our 4th annual race in 2013 – we hope you will join us.

To check out your own race results – runners walkers


We thank our major sponsors:  
City of Riverside
City of Riverside Public Utilities
Farm Fresh to You
Homes for Heroes
Molina Health Care
Riverside East Rotary
Riverside Community Hospital

 

 

Sponsors

We thank our additional sponsors:  Acheson & Graham Dignity Memorial American Medical Response City of Riverside Fire Farm Fresh to you Hanigan Company Living the dream PRP Masten USKO

 

We also wish to thank our wonderful vendors.  You helped add to the festivities and increased the overall success of our event!

• Accessory Export, LLC
• AMR
• Arlington Dental Group
• Barden Circulation (LA Times)
• Big Mama’s Hot Dogs
• Chiropractic Health Club
• Corona Physical Medicine
• Dr. Green Tea Hawaii
• Farm Fresh to You
• Fitness Revolution of Riverside
• Holistic Body Art
• So. Cal. Tri-Counties Branch of IDA
• Jamba Juice
• Kawana Designs
• Mi Tortilla Mexian Grill
• Molina Medical Group
• Pampered Chef
• Snack Attack
• USKO

photo gallery | video interview | video wall climb

 Click here to view photos of the 2011 Dyslexia Dash at Fairmount Park

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