Zoe's Race
Annual Race
Sunday, August 29
Oakledge Park, Burlington
Online registration through FirstGiving will end at noon on Friday, August 27. Race-day registration will begin on Sunday, August 29, at 9:30 A.M. Only the first 400 folks to register will be guaranteed a t-shirt.
About Zoe's Race
The first annual "Zoe's Race" was held on August 30, 2009. The idea for the race came about when Erika Nestor, mother of six-year-old Zoe, began to renovate her home to accommodate her daughter's needs. When Zoe was about 18-months-old, she nearly drowned. The accident left her very disabled and in a wheelchair.
As Erika Nestor and her husband, David, began renovating their home to accommodate their daughter's special needs, they realized that there were limited funds available to assist folks who needed to make their homes accessible for family members with a disability. For families that have children in wheelchairs, homes with stairs, small doorways and bathrooms, and other structural barriers make every day more challenging than it may already be.
In 2009, HowardCenter's Zoe’s Race raised over $20,000 to help families with children served by HowardCenter Developmental Disabilities who need assistance to make their homes accessible. In the spring of 2010, three families received grants to modify their homes. Local contractor Mark Bonser and architect Christian Brown generously donated their time to this project, and many local companies are contributing labor and materials.
All proceeds from Zoe's Race will be used for current and future projects which directly benefit families who receive support from HowardCenter and who are in need of accessibility modifications to their homes.