{"id":5160,"date":"2015-05-06T12:12:44","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T16:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=5160"},"modified":"2015-05-06T18:35:24","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T22:35:24","slug":"superhero-5k-autismspecial-needs-inclusion-steel-stacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=5160","title":{"rendered":"Superhero 5K Autism\/Special Needs Inclusion @ Steel Stacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up today: <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.qgiv.com\/event\/superhero5k\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/secure.qgiv.com\/event\/superhero5k\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div><strong>Sunday, June 7th<br \/>\n10am-2pm<br \/>\nSteel Stacks, Bethlehem, PA<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Join us to raise funds &amp; awareness for Autism\/Special Needs.\u00a0Come prepared as your favorite superhero and walk, run or &#8220;fly&#8221; to the finish line! Villain stations will be set up along the 5K route for kids of all ages to battle the evil villains with water guns.<\/p>\n<p>All of our events are\u00a0<strong>inclusive<\/strong>, meaning for families with autism\/special needs and typical families as well. We believe inclusion is the best way to educate our community, highlight the strengths and amazing things our kids and adults with Autism are accomplishing and bring us closer to a world where Autistics will be treated as equals and not &#8220;less than&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>100% of the proceeds will stay LOCAL to benefit the kids and families in our Lehigh Valley community.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Registration:<\/strong><br \/>\nAdults (13 &amp; up)- Fundraising min. of $25<br \/>\nYouth (6-12)- Fundraising min. of $10<br \/>\nChild (5 &amp; under)- No fundraising min.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals who raise $100 or more will receive a free event tshirt at the walk.<\/p>\n<p>Special recognition will go to our top fundraising individuals, teams, and corporate teams and sponsors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team Cape Contest-<\/strong> Design a Team Superhero Cape for the walk, bring an extra to be displayed and judged during the event<\/p>\n<p><strong>Celebrate Your Superhero&#8217;s Fantastic Feats-<\/strong> bring a yard sign (as many as you&#8217;d like) to recognize your child&#8217;s special talents, abilities, positive messages to others, milestones or other awesome achievements!<br \/>\n<strong>Schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><strong>Superhero 5K Walk\/Run Schedule:\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n9:30am- Registration\/check in<br \/>\n10am- Welcome, Pre-Walk\/Run announcements &amp; special recognition<br \/>\n10:15am- the Superheros are off and walking\/running!!<strong>Other activities:<\/strong><br \/>\n10am-2pm- Live Learn &amp; Play Area<br \/>\n10am-2pm- Vendor\/Resource Fair<strong>Live Learn &amp; Play Area<\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0designated area at the walk with Sensory Activities and fun for all ages and ability levels. Activities will include a quiet area, crash mat, sand table, mini trampoline, ball pit, sensory swing and much more!<strong>Vendor\/Resource Fair-<\/strong>\u00a0fun family activities, games for the kids, some prizes and information for parents about local resources, services, and programs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Volunteer:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Please send an email to\u00a0<a title=\"mailto:support@livelearnandplay.org\" href=\"mailto:support@livelearnandplay.org\">support@livelearnandplay.org<\/a>\u00a0with the subject \u201cVolunteer\u201d. Please include your name, contact info, and best time to reach you.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Registration:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Register online as an individual or create a team and start fundraising today! Top fundraising individuals and top fundraising teams will receive special recognition.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>More info: <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.qgiv.com\/event\/superhero5k\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/secure.qgiv.com\/event\/superhero5k\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up today: https:\/\/secure.qgiv.com\/event\/superhero5k\/ Sunday, June 7th 10am-2pm Steel Stacks, Bethlehem, PA Join us to raise funds &amp; awareness for Autism\/Special Needs.\u00a0Come prepared as your favorite superhero and walk, run &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=5160\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Superhero 5K Autism\/Special Needs Inclusion @ Steel Stacks<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/superhero.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}