6th Annual Friends of Peter Alderman Walk Scheduled for Sept. 13

The following announcement is from the Peter C. Alderman Foundation and the Friends of Peter Alderman Walk:

WHAT: Over 100 Friends of Peter Alderman (FOPA) and their families will participate in a fundraising walk for the 6th Annual Friends of Peter Alderman Walk in Scarsdale, New York, Peter Alderman’s hometown. Learn more about the Walk – and donate online to support a walker

WHEN: Saturday, September 13, 2014 at 11:00 a.m.

WHERE: FOPA Walkers will meet in the lower parking lot of Scarsdale Village Hall, 1001 Post Road and walk 1.4 miles to Fox Meadow Elementary School. Following the Walk there will a BBQ lunch and field games, carnival booths, face painting and much, much more!!!

Event will be held rain or shine. $50 donation required for non-registered Walkers (to cover the cost of goods and services). Children under the age of 10 are free.

About the Friends of Peter Alderman (FOPA)

Following his death, Peter’s many friends wished to honor his life. They decided to create an enduring legacy to memorialize his loving and generous spirit by working together as a group to support PCAF’s work. With that in mind, the Friends of Peter Alderman, or FOPA, was created as an arm of the Peter C. Alderman Foundation. With the motto “For Pete’s Sake”, in the past five years, FOPA created the annual Peter C. Alderman Walk, raised $350,000 for PCAF including the funding for a new roof for the Peter C. Alderman Mental Health Clinic in Cambodia.

About the Peter C. Alderman Foundation:
The mission of the Peter C. Alderman Foundation (www.petercaldermanfoundation.org) which was formed in 2003 by Elizabeth and Stephen Alderman of Pound Ridge, NY to honor their son Peter who was murdered by terrorists in the destruction of the World Trade Center September 11, 2001, is to heal the emotional wounds of victims of terrorism and mass violence by training indigenous health workers and establishing trauma treatment systems in post-conflict countries around the globe.

In 11 years, PCAF has established eight trauma clinics: two in Cambodia, four in Uganda, one in Liberia and one in a maternal child health clinic in one of Africa’s largest slums in Kibera, Kenya and treated more than 100,000 patients. It runs workshops and conferences in Africa that have trained thousands of mental health professionals. Working in public/private partnership with governments, PCAF creates capacity, sustainability and community acceptance at very low cost.

Photo: Peter C. Alderman. Photo credit: The Peter C. Alderman Foundation