Walk for Children - Register Online or Print a Mail In Registration Form

The Sixth Annual Walk for Children will take place on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at Roger Williams Park Carousel area starting at 8 a.m. Click above to register.

The Walk will include over three hours of great family fun. There will be a sanctioned 5K race for runners, and a walk in the park for the whole family led by Channel 10's Patrice Wood. Panera Bread will hold the kid's race around the Carousel.

After the walk, there will be non-stop entertainment for all ages.

Kids will love the carousel rides, face painting, make your own tee shirts and puppet show by Dan Butterworth. Kids of all ages can dance to the tunes of DJ Victor Ramos and Raymond Vargas. Or relax with a chair massage by Relaxation Works. The Met School will be there with a stage full of entertainment. Amica will offer Family Safety and MetLife will be there with Snoopy and Van.

Participants can have a chance to bid on the Silent Auction items while they savor delicious treats from Panera Bread and Pizza Pie-er. Target will have plenty of water to quench your thirst as well.

Prizes will be awarded for winners of the 5K Race and the Kid's Race.

Key corporate sponsors are: Amica, Collette Vacations, Contractors Supply Inc.,J & A Cleaning, Panera Bread, Paramount Properties Group, Inc, Provider Insurance, Washington Trust, MetLife, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, Target, Collette Vacations, Partridge Snow and Hahn, and United Health of New England

Special thanks to Chair Mike Spirdione, Vice Chair Mike Dooley and the many committee members, staff and volunteers.

Last year's Walk helped raise awareness to the importance of investing in vulnerable children early. Please join us on May 31 to help Children's Friend support Rhode Island 's most vulnerable children.

For further information on the event or to become a sponsor contact: 401-276-4318 or jtormey@cfsri.org

If you cannot attend the walk this year, but you would like to donate, please click here.