Collins Dixon Bend Your Knees Race

Pick Up Your Feet and Bend Your Knees for a Cause

Charity run to benefit ‘Bend Your Knees’ Foundation and Brain Tumor Foundation for Children

WHAT:           2nd Annual Collins Dixon Bend Your Knees run including:

                        5K Raider Run

                        1 mile Brave Walk

WHEN:          Saturday, July 13, 2013

                        8 a.m. (start of 5K Raider Run)

WHERE:        First Baptist Church of Canton

1 Mission Point

Canton, GA 30114

WHY:             In celebration and memory of Collins Dixon (1999-2012)

Collins lived fully while battling a rare and aggressive cancerous brain tumor. His faith, strength and courage inspired those who loved him and even those that didn’t know him. In January 2012, the Collins Dixon “Bend Your Knees” Foundation was created to carry on Collins fight forever.

The race honors his life while bringing awareness to a disease that accounts for 60% of death in our precious children. All proceeds will benefit the Collins Dixon Bend Your Knees Foundation and the Brain Tumor Foundation for Children, helping children and families in the southeast.

HOW:             To register:

1)    By mail - Completed registration form (found at www.bendyourknees.org Events Page) and check made payable to Bend Your Knees 5K can be mailed to: Bend Your Knees Inc, 5K Race, 124 Timberland Dr., Canton, GA 30114

2)    Online at www.active.com.
Search 2nd Annual Collins Dixon Bend Your Knees 5k and 1 Mile Brave Run/Walk.

5K registration fees: $20 per person before July 1; $25 per person after July 1
1 Mile registration fees: $10 for under age 12; $15 for ages 12 and up before July 1; $15 after July 1.

WHO:             For additional information, please contact Bob Dixon at 404.271.1360 or Amy Turcotte at 770.380.1432.
Visit  www.bendyourknees.org