Saturday in the Park 

Welcome to Saturday in the Park!

Saturday in the Park 5K 2008- August 30, Holmdel Park, Holmdel, New Jersey Women Taking Steps to Help Women

The Saturday in the Park Race Committee of the Jersey Shore Running Club is working hard to ensure the 2008 event is as successful as each of the past 14 years. Hope to see you there!

Beneficiaries

Over the past fourteen years, Saturday in the Park has financially supported local women’s charities with programs dedicated to providing shelter, counseling, advocacy and education for women and their families in Monmouth and Ocean counties - places of safety where hope can be realized and a new way of living can be learned. Our 2008 list of organizations will include:

Epiphany House of Asbury Park & Long Branch. Epiphany House provides transitional housing and services to create and maintain a self-affirming life to homeless women and children who seek to recover from addiction. A major goal of the organization is to break the chain of addiction by preventing children from repeating these patterns.
Providence House, Lakewood. Providence House offers services to women and children who are affected by domestic violence. Services include emergency shelter, crisis intervention, counseling and therapy as well as community education and training.
Spring House, Eatontown - provides housing, life and work skill classes as well as childcare, for homeless women with children, providing the “springboard” to help residents learn life skills to gain self-sufficiency.

Training Sessions

Saturday in the Park and the Jersey Shore Running Club offer a beginner’s running program, Womens Running 101 beginning in June. WR101 is designed for beginners with little or no previous exposure to running or those who have been out of running for an extended period. Students in WR101 will develop the necessary conditioning for endurance running and learn the basic techniques for distance running. The program includes 12 weekly instructional training sessions, training schedules, weekly e-mail updates and motivation from the coaches, various support materials and a top-quality running shirt. The program is designed to gradually build up the students’ running fitness and have them able to comfortably run the Saturday in the Park 5K by the end of the 12 week training period. For more information on Womens Running 101, please email the coaches at: womensrunning101@yahoo.com, or call 732-603-9390. Class size is strictly limited. Registration by May 31 is suggested to ensure a spot in the this program

Sponsors

Thank you to our loyal Sponsors. 

Take Steps to Help Women!

Your friends and family are encouraged to give a donation in support of our beneficiaries. 

  • Please obtain sponsors and bring donations on race day. Please call 732.571.2162 or email penny@saturdayinthepark5k.org for information and pledge sheet.
  • Run or walk for FREE - Raise $75 or more in pledges - get free entry, including shirt.