Walk For The Wounded, Corvette Show In Ocean City This Weekend

OCEAN CITY, NJ — Two big events are on tap for Ocean City this weekend.

The 10th annual Walk for the Wounded will be held on Saturday, Sept. 22, on the Ocean City Boardwalk. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. in front of the Music Pier. A ceremony honoring soldiers is at 9:30 a.m., and the walk begins at 10 a.m.

The three-mile walk on the boardwalk begins and ends at the Music Pier. All proceeds benefit Operation First Response, a nonprofit organization that provides both financial and emotional support to wounded soldiers and their families. For more information and registration, visit www.operationfirstresponse.org.

The following day, more than 450 Corvettes will line the Ocean City Boardwalk from Sixth Street to 14th Street for the annual Corvette show. The show runs from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 23, and includes a range of models dating back to Corvette’s first in 1953 and extending to the present.

An awards ceremony will take place at 3 p.m. in front of the Ocean City Music Pier (between Eighth Street and Ninth Street). The Ocean City Humane Society also will have a display in front of the Music Pier. Volunteers will be selling items and collecting donations to support the award-winning “no-kill” shelter.

Due to the popularity of the event, it is now closed to new registrations. Proceeds from registration fees benefit local charities. The show is sponsored by the Boardwalk Corvettes. For more information, call the club's hotline at 609-457-0081.

The attached images were provided by Ocean City Public Information Officer Doug Bergen