Philadelphia Area Apraxia of Speech Walk/5K Run and Family Fun Day

Valley Forge Educational Services Location for
PHILADELPHIA AREA WALK, RUN AND FAMILY FUN DAY FOR
CHILDREN WITH APRAXIA OF SPEECH

“Benefiting Programs and Research for Apraxia”

…Paoli, PA….The Valley Forge Educational Services campus in Malvern, PA, will be the start and finish location of the 2011 Philadelphia area Walk, Run and Family Fun Day for Children with Apraxia of Speech.  On Sunday June 5, registration opens at 8:00am, the walk starts at 9:15am and the race begins at 9:00am, departing from 1777 N. Valley Road in Malvern.

This walk/run and family fun day was organized by the Philadelphia Area Apraxia Network/Support Group. Walk coordinators Wendy Brooks and Lia Gorman said, “we organized this event to help raise awareness of apraxia, a very challenging and complicated motor speech disorder in children and to raise funds to benefit the Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association (CASANA), a 501(c)3 nonprofit public charity.   Valley Forge Educational Services’ CEO, Oz Abbey, added part of VFES’ mission is to raise awareness and understanding nationally and globally about children with special needs. We are so pleased to offer our campus as a place for this CASANA event which honors families that have a child with Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) and the professionals that help them. 

Adults and their children interested in participating should contact Walk Coordinators, Wendy Brooks at (610) 725-8815/wenobrooks@aol.com and Lia Gorman at 610-296-2330/jimliagorman@comcast.net, or visit http://www.apraxia-kids.org/phillywalk for additional information. Learn more about CASANA at www.apraxia-kids.org.