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The Providence Ronald McDonald House sends along this info on its 17th annual Walk Festival to be held Sunday:

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Providence Ronald McDonald House will hold their 17th Annual Walk Festival at the Roger Williams Park Temple to Music on Sunday, May 6, 2007, rain or shine. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., opening ceremonies begin at 9:00 a.m.

Registration is $20 and is available online at www.prmh.org, by calling (401) 274-4447 or can be done the day of the event. This includes the 5K walk or a 1-mile children’s walk, a continental breakfast and a barbeque lunch, as well as all of the day’s activities. A children’s village, rock climbing wall, Radio Disney, Toe Jam Puppet Band, the Zoomobile a vendor’s fair and Ronald McDonald are just a few of the day’s exciting activities.

The walk Honorary Committee will be chaired by Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline. Committee members include; Mayor Michael Napolitano, Mayor of Cranston; Karen Adams, WPRI 12 Anchor; Joseph F. Amaral MD, Rhode Island Hospital President & CEO; Jim Barron, URI Men’s Basketball Coach; Dr. John Bowen, Johnson & Wales University President; Nick, Ron and Peter Cardi, Cardi’s Furniture Superstores; Paul Choquette Jr., Gilbane Inc. Chairman; Hon. Charles J. Fogarty, RI Lieutenant Governor 1998-2006; Edwin Foreman, MD, Hasbro Children’s Hospital Pediatric Hematology/Oncology; Michael Goldberger, Brown University Athletic Director; Constance A. Howes, Women & Infants’ Hospital President & CEO; Ben Mondor, Pawtucket Red Sox owner; Mark Patinkin, Author Columnist, The Providence Journal; Pablo Rodriguez MD, Women & Infants’ Hospital Associate Chief OBGYN; Rev. Brian Shanley, OP, Providence College President; Dan Wall, Bradley Hospital President & CEO; and Tim Welsh, Providence College Men’s Basketball Coach.

The Providence Ronald McDonald House a nonprofit organization that serves as a home to families whose children are receiving medical care for premature birth, serious injury, illness or surgery at Women & Infants, Hasbro Children’s, Rhode Island and Bradley Hospitals. The goal of the House is to make a difficult time in an unfamiliar place as normal and comfortable as possible for guests going through a stressful and challenging time in their lives. For more information, visit www.prmh.org.

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