Robbie's Run is Sunday in Merrick

Forever 9-The Robbie Levine Foundation will host the 10th Annual Robbie’s Run Sunday in Merrick.

Jacki Binder posted these details on Patch:

Forever 9-The Robbie Levine Foundation has announced it will hold the 10th Annual Robbie’s Run on Sunday, April 26th in Merrick.

Sponsored by Coleman Country Day Camp, PremierCare/CityMD and Trail’s End/Chestnut Lake Camps, the 5K Run and family fun day has raised thousands of dollars that have been used to supply youth sports organizations across the New York area with Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs). Founded in 2005, Forever 9 sponsors the annual Robbie’s Run to raise awareness of sudden cardiac death and how AEDs save lives.

New this year, to mark the event’s 10th anniversary, for the first time college students and others who will be out of town on April 26th are invited to participate in “Robbie Runs on Campus.” Participants will receive a special t-shirt they can use when they run a 5K on their college campus; they are asked to send photographs to Forever 9 afterwards for a special photo album. Students at colleges including SUNY Oneonta, University of Rhode Island, Penn State, Cornell, University of Delaware, Vermont, Colorado, Hartford and Pittsburgh have already said they will run.

Robbie’s Run is a 5K road race through the streets of Merrick that was created following the tragic death of nine-year-old Robbie Levine on the Little League Field. The event will again take place at the Norman J. Levy-Lakeside Elementary School on Babylon Road in Merrick. The day’s activities include a kids’ Fun Run at 8:30am, 1-mile Mini Run at 8:50am and the 5K Race at 9:15am. Each year thousands of people attend the Robbie’s Run to show their support for Forever 9’s mission.

A variety of kids’ events will make the children’s area a fun and interactive place for all participants. Kids’ event providers include: the US Tennis Association Long Island Region (www.longisland.usta.com), PJ’s Inflatables, Jump and Jam, Just One Wheel, The Lanyard Ladies and 106.1/WBLI Radio.

Those interested in helping prior to or on the day of the Run can visitwww.robbielevinefoundation.org or email RBLForever9@optonline.net.

Forever 9-The Robbie Levine Foundation was started in 2005 after the tragic death of nine-year-old Robbie Levine, who collapsed and died on the baseball field during Little League practice. Had a defibrillator been available and accessible on the field, Robbie might have survived. Following this tragedy, Robbie’s parents, Jill and Dr. Craig Levine, put their energies into raising awareness of sudden cardiac arrest in children and the importance of defibrillators in saving lives. Forever 9’s goals are to educate the public about defibrillators and to ensure that these life-saving devices are available and accessible at every youth sporting event. The organization holds three fundraisers, the 5K Robbie’s Run race and walk in Merrick, NY, the Dealing With Hearts Gala and the Golf & Tennis Outing.