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MILWAUKEE (8/11/2008) - Noodles & Company restaurants in the Milwaukee area will sell paper links to benefit Briggs & Al's Run & Walk for Children's Hospital. The $1 links will be available for purchase Aug. 15 to Aug. 29 and will form chains that will be displayed at each restaurant.
Briggs & Al's Run & Walk will be held at 10:15 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20, at 12th Street and Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee. The event includes an 8K run or wheelchair race, and 3-and 5-mile walks.
There are three ways for individuals to register:
Online registration is available through noon Friday, Sept. 19, at www.alsrun.com. Individual participants can register at the following Boston Store locations: Bayshore Mall, Brookfield Square, Grand Avenue Mall and Southridge Mall. Registration dates and times are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 12 – 13, and noon to 4 p.m.Sunday, Sept. 14. Same-day registration begins at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, near the event start line.
Advance registration is $25 for adult runners, $20 for adult walkers and $8 for children 12 and younger. Same-day registration fees are $30, $25 and $10. All participants receive a commemorative t-shirt.
Throughout the past 30 years, Briggs & Al's Run & Walk has raised more than $9.4 million for Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. Funds raised will support the west tower expansion, which will open in spring 2009. The west tower will increase the 236-bed hospital to 294 beds and will have room for 72 more beds in the future. The state-of-the-art facility also will include a larger Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and an expanded Herma Heart Center to provide better care to children with congenital and other cardiac issues.
For more information about Briggs & Al's Run & Walk, call (414) 266-1520 or visit www.alsrun.com.
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