WHEN: Sunday, November 1
10 am: Race-Day Registration
11 am: Race
12 pm: Stay afterward for complimentary food and speakers, including a survivor of the Rwandan Genocide.

WHERE: Race begins and ends at Outdoor Track (Ellis Oval), Tufts University, Medford/Somerville Campus. Route runs through both Medford and Somerville.
 
PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT:
• Agahozo Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda
• The Welcome Project in Somerville
• The Medford Family Network

This summer, a group of Tufts Hillel undergraduates traveled to Rwanda on a Short-Term Service Program organized by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) to the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village. Agahozo-Shalomm, a special project of JDC, is an innovative village an innovative village and high school that provides a home and education for orphans of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Agahozo-Shalom provides three meals a day, world-class instruction and family-structured living that the youths previously lacked. Most importantly, the village has provided the students with hope for their future.

Our group had an incredibly powerful experience during our trip, traveling around Rwanda visiting genocide memorials and national sites and spending time with Agahozo-Shalom students playing sports, dancing, singing and learning about one another. Now that we are back at Tufts, we are inspired to stay connected to the students at Agahozo-Shalom and help to sustain the program.

Race4Rwanda, a 5K run around Tufts University’s Medford/Somerville campus, is all about supporting the students at Agahozo Shalom and two very important local community organizations.

We would LOVE to see you there!

Check out Race4Rwanda on Facebook, and join our group!

Raffle and Prizes
Prizes will be awarded to the top overall male and female finishers. Special prizes will also be awarded to runners wearing the best Halloween costumes.

A raffle will take place during the post-race program. All runners and walkers will be entered into the raffle and will be eligible to win additional prizes. You must be present to win a prize.

Runners of all abilities and walkers are welcome. No baby joggers, strollers, in-line skates, bikes or skateboards allowed.

Parking
Parking will be available free of charge on the day of the race at Lower Campus Road Garage (30 Lower Campus Road, Somerville), on the Tufts Medford/Somerville campus, next to the outdoor track (Ellis Oval).

Questions?
If you have any questions, please e-mail Ben.