Race for Recreation!

We are thrilled to have entered into our 19th year of racing through Sea Girt, N.J. And this year your participation in the race will benefit Sea Girt Recreation. The race will also make a separate donation to Grace's Gift, a charity started by local teenager Grace Farren, which donates 100% of its proceeds to the Amanda's Easel program for victims of domestic abuse.

The Sea Girt Recreation department manages and operates all Sea Girt recreational activities to encourage and enhance the development of the physical, cultural, artistic, and life skills of all residents of Sea Girt. Additionally, the department strives to provide a positive alternative to drugs, violence, and crime and to instill the values of individual pride and giving to the community. The department also seeks to promote a spirit of cooperation, build self-esteem, and develop lifelong recreational interests among program participants.

The Amanda's Easel Program helps children heal from the effects of domestic violence by encouraging them to express and understand their feelings and fears in a safe and nurturing environment, through art. The goals of the program are to help children:

      • Strengthen self-esteem
      • Develop new coping skills
      • Gain a sense of control over concerns, doubts and fears
      • Increase communication between parent and child
      • Begin to understand the cycle of violence and how it affects their self
        esteem
      • Help break the cycle of family violence

Children often don't know how to describe the over-whelming feelings associated with the witnessing of domestic abuse. Art therapy gives them that tool so that they can begin coping with these emotions. For more information or please call 732 787-6503.
 

Don't wait— Register online today, or download a registration form and mail it to: Sea Girt 5K, P.O. Box 393, Sea Girt, NJ 08750. You don't want to miss this race!

Click here to check out last year's results.