- Sunday, December 24, 2017 -- 12:00 noon -- Mary Joy One-Mile Run & Walk -- presented by Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant -- 1621 South Walter Reed Drive, Arlington VA 22204 | Complete information at www.safetyandhealthfoundation.org/maryjoy | Enter on-line | Express Registration | on-site registration opens at 11:15 AM
- Tsapatos Belay, owner of Lalibela Restaurant, and Safety And Health Foundation
cordially invite you to MARY JOY ONE-MILE RUN & WALK Sunday, December 24, at 12:00 noon at Lalibela Restaurant, 1621 South Walter Reed Drive, Arlington VA 22204Entry Fee: Awards: seven-color holiday lightsfrom Safety And Health Foundation - First 3 overall M/F, first 3 M/F in age groups: students up to 12th grade, adults 18-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 & over
- No t-shirt, but every entrant receives a $5-off coupon for Lalibela Ethiopian RestaurantAwards
- Goodies:
- Turn right into free parking in front of Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant
- Go up the hill to 17th Street South
- From I-395, turn north on South Glebe Road
- Turn left into free parking in front of Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant
- Continue southbound on South Walter Reed Drive to 16th Street South
- At 7th Street South, South Fillmore Street becomes South Walter Reed Drive
- From Arlington Boulevard (Route 50), turn south on South Fillmore Street
- We share the sidewalk with other users -- please be courteous to other pedestrians -- please always stay to the rightDirections:
- No road crossings
- Out'n'back on completely flat suburban streets and sidewalks, passing The Great Wall of Arlington
- Course Map
- Professional managed by Course:
- Awards will go here
- Complete results will go here
- Join our Facebook event
- Enter by mail | HTML | DOC | PDF
- Express Registration
- Enter On-Line
- Traditional Ethiopian buffet lunch after the race
- Free buna (Ethiopian coffee) before the race
- Race-day packet pick-up and late registration opens on Sunday, December 24, 11:15 AM on-site
- $20.00 December 23-December 24 ($15.00 for students up to 12th grade)
- $15.00 December 18-December 22 ($12.50 for students up to 12th grade)
- $12.00 pre-registration by December 18 ($10.00 for students up to 12th grade)
- For more information, contact:
- Jay Jacob Wind ( racedirector@att.net, 703-927-4833)
- Tsapatos Belay ( tsapetos76@yahoo.com, 703-485-7406)
- To benefit Mary Joy Development Association
- Mary Joy Development Association (MJDA) is a nongovernmental, non religious, non political and nonprofit making organization established under the Civil Societies and Charity Agency of the Democratic Republic of Ethiopia with registration number 060. The idea of MJDA emerged with the inception of the present Executive Director Sister Zebider Zewdie with a remarkable support of other fellows.MJDA focuses on four program areas: Improving Livelihoods; HIV & AIDS; community and organizational capacity building; and private community - public partnership Where Mary Joy is operational
- Target Areas: MJDA works in two regions: Addis Ababa and Southern Nations and Nationalities, based at four coordination offices (Kolfei, Yeka, Hawassa, Dilla) and nine satellite offices located in Southern nations and nationalities, Sidama Zone, Gedoi Zone, and Halabakulito special woreda Mary Joy covers 63 Kebeles and has assisted more than 1,580,475 people
- Target Groups: Children with particular emphasis of orphan and vulnerable children, destitute older persons, people living with HIV/AIDS, women, youth, livelihood sex workers, and factory workers are the main disadvantaged groups of people the organization paying attention to
Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant, 1621 South Walter Reed Drive in Arlington, hosts a book signing by author Jay Jacob Wind on Sunday, December 24, at 1:00 PM, following Mary Joy One Mile Run / Walk starting at 12:00 noon at the restaurant. The book is $10.00 printed by computer. Paperback book copies may come later.
