The Lake Houston Family YMCA part of the YMCA of Greater Houston will be hosting their 16th Annual Bridge Fest in just 5 weeks. The 16th Annual Bridge Fest sponsored by Kingwood Medical Center will be Saturday, February 2, 2008. For additional information about the 16th Annual Bridge Fest, contact Carol Sutton at 281-360-2500 or csutton@ymcahouston.org. Here is some additional information about the race.
- Additional sponsors for the 16th Annual Bridge Fest include The Observer, Tejas Toyota, Kingwood Personnel, Wendy's, and Thornton Printers.
- The Kids Race for the Lake Houston Family YMCA 16th Annual Bridge Fest is $14.00.
- The 1/2 mile Kids Race (ages 6 and under) will begin at 8:00 am.
- The 1 mile Kids Race (ages 7 - 10) will begin at 8:20 am.
- The 1 mile Kids Race (ages 11 - 14) will begin at 8:40.
- The 5K Race for the Lake Houston Family YMCA (YMCA of Greater Houston) 16th Annual Bridge Fest is $20.00 and will begin at 9:00 am.
- A family of 4 is $49.00 with an additional $5.00 charge for each additional family member.
- New this year as part of the 16th Annual Bridge Fest is the Spaghetti Dinner held on Friday, February 1st. The Lake Houston Family YMCA (YMCA of Greater Houston) will use this event as a means to kickoff their annual Partner's Campaign. The event will begin at 4:00 and end at 8:00.
- The registration forms will be available at the Lake Houston Family YMCA front desk beginning January 3rd.
- Participants register and pay for only one event, but can actually participate in multiple events. The Lake Houston Family YMCA no longer pulls the race number stubs off the participants in the Kids Race so they can participate with their parents in the 5K.
- Participants can register online at http://www.signmeup.com/. There is no additional charge for registering online.
- Please do not bring dogs, rollerblades, or skateboards. All baby strollers will be placed at the back of the line with the walkers.
- Walkers will not be timed.
- Only the first 5 or 6 finishers in each category of the Kids Races will be timed.
- There is an elementary and middle school challenge again this year. Please make sure your child writes in the name of their school on the registration form.
- The first 100 to register will be able to park at the YMCA. All others will need to park at Town Center or off Magnolia Cove by Kings Harbor. You will also have access to the parking garage at Kings Harbor.
- Packet pickup for the 16 Annual Bridge Fest will be Friday, February 1 from 12:00 pm - 10:00 pm.
- Kingwood Kiwanis is holding their 1st Annual Golf Ball Drop at the event. Members are selling golf balls to be dropped from a helicopter over the Lake Houston Family YMCA soccer fields at approximately 10:00 am. The golf ball that goes in the designated hole, or closest to the hole, will win a prize. The Lake Houston Family YMCA (YMCA of Greater Houston) will receive a portion of the proceeds from the event.
This information was provided by Jeremy Williams with Keller Williams Realty NE, and a member of the Lake Houston Family YMCA board. Jeremy Williams is a residential home specialist serving home buyers and sellers in the northeast Houston area including Kingwood, Atascocita, Eagle Springs, Walden on Lake Houston, Summerwood, Fall Creek, Humble, Huffman, Channelview, Woodforest, Galena Park. For additional information about the real estate services Jeremy offers his clients, call 281-812-8229 or e-mail Jeremy@williams4yourhome.com. To learn more about what is going on in northeast Houston visit http://www.williams4yourhome.com/ or NE Houston Real Estate | Williams 4 Your Home blog.
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