The Live Like Amy Team is once again competing in the Navesink 5K on Sunday, November 30, and looking forward to shattering its own record for the most team members ever in the competition.
The Gill and Smith families keep alive the memory and contributions of the late Amy Lynn Gill through their Scholarship Foundation, a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit foundation that annually gives scholarships to a male and a female on the Hazlet swim team for college education to honor the late Gill, who started the Hazlet swim team in 2006.
The Foundation also annually donates to the Special Olympics, another Amy Gill remembrance donation honoring the time and efforts she had made for Special Olympics. Both awards will be presented this year at the Award Ceremony Night for Raritan High School, where Gill was a teacher.
The LLAmy Team members are all encouraged to wear their LLA tee shirts for the 5K and others are also invited to wear them showing their support for the late educator and resident of the Navesink section of Middletown.
Tee shirts will be available for sale the day of the event at the LLA table, with all proceeds going to the ALG Scholarship Fund. It is not necessary to participate in the 5K, but all are encouraged to arrive no later than 8:45 a.m. for the event because of parking problems. Music and a variety of vendors make the 5K a popular and well attended event annually.
Last year’s LLA team was 156 participants strong, the record the Gill and Smith families anticipate will be broken this year with more residents of the area eager to keep up support for the scholarship foundation.
Members of the family will be handing out awards for the top three male and female winners. If a Live Like Amy team member, wearing a LLA tee shirt, wins the race overall, he or she will also receive a $200 bonus and lunch from the Foundation.
Signup for the Navesink 5K on the LLA team, visit NAVESINK 5K SIGNUP LINK – https://runsignup.com/Race/NJ/Middletown/NavesinkChallenge
Appreciation Day at Street Kitchen & Pub, 5 Broad St., Red Bank, will follow the 5K from noon to 3 p.m., when complimentary mimosas and healthy appetizers will be available along with a cash bar and lunch.
Persons wanting to help the LLA team and unable to attend the 5K can also visit the ALG Scholarship Foundation link to learn more about the Foundation or make donations at THE AMY LYNN GILL MEMORIAL WEBSITE
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