Please join us for the 14th Annual Dave Logar Memorial 5K Run and 1 Mile Walk for Paralysis
Sunday May 20, 2012, Cooper River Park
The 14th Annual Dave Logar Memorial 5K Run and 1 Mile Walk, Sunday May 20th Cooper River Park, Pennsauken, NJ
Registration starts at 8:30, Walk starts at 9:30, Run starts at 10:00
DAVID LOGAR WAS BORN INTO A VERY LOVING FAMILY, THE YOUNGEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN. DAVE WENT TO ROWAN UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE WAS NAMED 1ST TEAM ALL CONFERENCE AND 1ST TEAM ALL REGION HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR. HOWEVER, DAVE WAS SOON FACED WITH A CHALLENGE FAR GREATER THAN ANYTHING HE EVER ENCOUNTERED ON A SOCCER FIELD.
ON JULY 13TH, 1995 DAVE’S WHOLE LIFE WAS CHANGED FOREVER. DAVE WAS STRUCK HEAD ON BY A CAR WHILE USING A LEAF BLOWER HE CARRIED ON HIS BACK. UPON IMPACT, THE HANDLE ON TOP OF THE BLOWER CRUSHED HIS 4TH AND 5TH CERVICAL VERTEBRAE AND HIS LIMP BODY WAS THROWN 40 FEET IN THE AIR.
AT THE AGE OF 22, DAVE EVENTUALLY PASSED AWAY FROM A COMPLICATION TO HIS INJURIES. DAVID LOGAR WAS A VERY SPECIAL PERSON BEFORE AND AFTER HIS INJURY AND HE TOUCHED THE LIVES OF SO MANY PEOPLE WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING THE IMPACT HE HAD. HE WILL LIVE FOREVER IN THE HEARTS OF SO MANY AND HAS CHANGED THE LIVES OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO KNEW HIM.
AS A WAY OF REMEMBERING HIS SPIRIT FOR LIFE AND HIS ABILITY TO TOUCH PEOPLE IN A MEANINGFUL WAY, WE ARE HOSTING THE 14TH ANNUAL DAVE LOGAR MEMORIAL 5K RUN /1 MILE WALK ON SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2012. PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT WILL GO TO:
• INDIVIDUALS IN THE SOUTH JERSEY OR PHILADELPHIA AREA WITH PARALYSIS
• THE DAVE LOGAR LENAPE SCHOLARSHIP FUND
THE MIAMI PROJECT/BUONICONTI FUND, WORKING TOGETHER TO FIND A CURE FOR PARALYSIS
THERE IS A POST RACE PARTY AT A LOCAL BAR WITH A PERCENTAGE OF THE PROCEEDS BEING DONATED BACK TO THE DAVE LOGAR MEMORIAL FUND. REGISTER ONLINE AT WWW.DAVELOGARRUN.COM.