Leif's Legacy, 5k Run/Walk: NEW JERSEY

Sunday, October 13, 2024 Past event

9:00 AM EDT

Sea Isle City, New Jersey

$27.50 · 1 race

5km

Event summary

Join us for the Leif's Legacy 5k Run/Walk on Sunday, October 13, 2024, in the beautiful Sea Isle City, Cape May, New Jersey! This uplifting event aims to raise awareness about premature birth, pregnancy loss, and infant death, while honoring the memory of Leif Aleutian, who fought bravely for 52 hours after being born prematurely.

Participants of all ages are encouraged to lace up their running shoes or walking shoes for this heartfelt race. The event not only promotes community spirit but also supports vital research and care for infants and families impacted by these issues. Proceeds from this year’s race will benefit two crucial medical facilities: Shore Medical Center's Special Care Nursery in Southern NJ and the Dahl Memorial Clinic in Skagway, Alaska. Come together with us to make a difference, celebrate life, and support a worthy cause!

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Leif's Legacy 5k Run & Walk: NEW JERSEY

Incl. $2.50 Fee & T-Shirt

*T-shirts will be available for participants* Please select your size during registration. Run and Walk 5K Race begins on the Sea Isle City Promenade intersection with JFK Blvd. Shirt pickup/day of registration will be Sunday, Oct 13 from 8-845am. Race starts at 9am. Virtual participants: Log your 5k run/walk with your app of choice. Feel free to share your race details to our Non-Profit page helping to recreate race camaraderie regardless of a world pandemic. If you'd like to register via check, please email us to receive a registration form via email where you can mail us your registration form, payment, & waiver through snail mail. Email: [email protected]

9:00 AM EDT

$27.50

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Organiser's description

Thanks for visiting our page and supporting our efforts to raise awareness to premature birth, pregnancy loss, and infant death. The Leif Aleutian Foundation is a NJ non-profit foundation formed by Brian and Jen Larsen, parents to Leif Aleutian. Leif's Legacy is a 5k Run & Walk founded in memory of their son whom died in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) after living 52 hours earth-side. Leif died from a premature birth at 26.3 weeks.

Our Story: Brian and Jen's 20 week anatomy sonogram in August 2019 showed complete placenta previa. While working in Alaska, Jen was medi-vaced out of Skagway to Seattle, WA for severe bleeding which led to further knowledge about the pregnancy. They experienced complete placenta previa and placenta percreta, leading to multiple events of severe bleeding and the premature delivery of Leif Aleutian on October 11. Doctors and staff within the University of Washington Medical Center NICU worked with Leif to give him the best chance of survival, but his lungs were too under-developed to sustain breathing on his own. Leif passed away on Oct 13, 2019 after a 52 hour fight for his life.

This foundation and race are developed by his family to raise awareness to premature birth and infant death, helping more of the public realize how frequent infant loss occurs (1 in 4 women), while supporting further research and care for infants and babies. Proceeds from the 2024 race will be donated to 2 medical facilities, Shore Medical Center's Special Care Nursery, the Larsen's Southern NJ hospital in Somers Point, NJ, and the Dahl Memorial Clinic in Skagway, Alaska, Brian & Jen's local Alaskan clinic that has taken care of their family before, during, and after pregnancy.