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Bird on the Run - 4 Mile Trail Run & 1 Mile Fun Run at Bob Jones Nature Center

10/03/2009 - 2:30pm

Join the Bob Jones Nature Center Organization and the City of Southlake for the First Annual "Bird on the Run" Series, Saturday, October 3rd, 2:30 pm-6:00 pm at the Bob Jones Nature Center and Preserve, 355 E. Bob Jones Road, Southlake, TX 76092. All proceeds benefit the Bob Jones Nature Center Organization. The schedule of events includes a 4 Mile Trail Run at 3:15 pm followed by a 1 Mile Fun Run at 5:00 pm.

Registration for the 4 Mile Trail Run (limited to 200 participants) is $20 through September 30th and $30 on race day, if space is available. Participants will receive a long sleeve t-shirt and there will be age group awards. Registration fee for the 1 Mile Fun Run is $10.00 and registration is limited to 100 participants. Fun Run participants will receive a short sleeve t-shirt and a finisher's ribbon. Packet pickup is Friday, October 2nd from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Bob Jones Nature Center and Preserve. Packets can also be picked up on race day at the starting area for the 4 Mile Run beginning at 2:30 pm at the Bob Jones Equestrian Parking Lot, 3901 N. White Chapel Road. Registration is available online at www.SouthlakeParksAndRec.com or in person at the City of Southlake Community Services Offices, 400 N. White Chapel.

There will also be free activities for the whole family starting at 3:00 pm including live entertainment with Dallas band Vocal Trash, concessions, s'mores station, cooking and gardening demonstrations, face painting, rock climbing, nature crafts, and more!

Bride-to-Be Walks and Raises Money to End Life-Threatening, Genetic Kidney Disease

Join Kristen McAllister as she takes part in the North Texas Walk for PKD: Saturday, Sept. 26 at Rustin City Park in Southlake Town Square.

(Southlake, Tex.) Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009 – Kristen McAllister is one of 600,000 Americans and 12.5 million worldwide – including more than 50 in Southlake alone – affected by polycystic kidney disease (PKD).

PKD is one of the world’s most common, life-threatening genetic diseases, often causing kidney failure and death. Kristen was working on a cruise ship in Hawaii when the ship’s doctor discovered she had unusually high blood pressure for a 23-year-old. She was sent home to figure out her medical problems. It was then that doctors diagnosed Kristen with PKD. “I thought to myself, I am 23 and I have kidney disease – my life is over,’” Kristen said. After months of depression, she decided to start a new life with the help of her mother and her fiancé, Bryan. Kristen is now living in Amarillo and plans to attend college. She knows it is easy to be negative, but she tries her best to stay positive and overcome PKD.

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That’s why she’s fighting back and encouraging her North Texas area to join her by registering and raising money for the Walk for PKD, the PKD Foundation’s signature fundraising event taking place this fall in 60 cities across the country.