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Hilbert Memorial Miles Set for April 10

Tributes to line course path
Release Date:
February 19, 2010
Contact:
Paula Witherell,
716-926-8792 or 716-472-1830 (cell)

HAMBURG, N.Y. – Hilbert College will host a Memorial Miles 5K Run/1 Mile Walk, which will include special tributes along the course to honor lost loved ones, at 10 a.m. April 10.

Awards will be presented to the overall top male and female winners and top winners in various age groups. A barbecue with music, a children’s play area and raffles will be held in the Hilbert campus quad immediately following the event.
 
Start and finish will be at Hilbert for the certified and sanctioned course that will go around campus and the surrounding neighborhood.
 
Preregistration entry fee is $15 through April 9. Day of race fee will be $20. Children 12 and under may participate for free. The first 200 paid adult participants will receive a Memorial Miles t-shirt. Event proceeds will benefit Hilbert student scholarships.
 
Memorial tributes that will line the race course are available for $25 with the option to include a photo of the individual being honored.
 
A Hilbert Memorial Miles brochure and registration form is available at www.hilbert.edu. More information is also available by contacting Deanna Messinger, assistant director of alumni relations and annual giving, at 926-8791 or e-mail dmessinger@hilbert.edu.
 
 

Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 1,100 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. Hilbert’s personal approach to learning combines liberal arts with an outstanding professionally-focused education that’s taught by professors who bring a depth of real-world experience to the classroom. The college’s engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities.