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TRMom.com is continuing on with a fun tradition for the kids of Toms River, we’re hosting the Second Annual Toms River Trike-A-Thon to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  It will be held at Jake’s Branch Park on Sunday, May 22nd.  It will be for kids who trike (or bike, or skate board, or scooter)  - if you think your child is able to ride around in a circle for a few minutes (as long as you want him/her to) then he/she can participate!  The course is around .2 of a mile.

HOW IT WORKS:

Each child participating will need to raise money, which you will bring with you to the event or raise online.  There are two ways you can do it.

1. You can click here to sign your child up online to email sponsors for donations. The first 100 kids to register online will receive a trophy, courtesy of Oriental Trading and Julie & Kate’s Grandpa!
2. You can just show up and donate some money to St. Jude’s at the registration table.  We’re hoping for $10 pp, but whatever you can donate would be very appreciated. Checks should be written out to “St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.”

ALL money raised will go directly to St. Jude’s.  

The track will be open for the participants from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm.  Races will start at 10:00 am and every half hour until noon.  Come with your friends & have some fun.  There is a fantastic playground with park benches as well as a nature center (a la Cattus Island) to enjoy with a cool tower at the top.  They have picnic tables set up and use their charcoal grills if you want to.  So bring your soccer ball, baseball, kite, picnic basket and sunblock — it’s going to be a great day! Even dogs are allowed – but kept on a leash please! There will also be a Fire Truck there for the kids (and adults!) to climb on!

Once again, Kiddy Parties has been very generous and will be donating the Dora and Boots costumes. They are a HUGE hit with the kids and create some great pictures. Beachwood Bicycles is donating a adult sized tricycle for Dora to ride!!

As a very special treat this year, Snazzy Jazzy Faces will be doing face painting!  Purchase a ticket at the registration table for $2 (that will also go to St. Jude’s), and your child can get his/her face painted after the race!  They will be at the park until 12:45pm, so make sure your kids get in line in time. We are SO excited!!  They are the best face painters around and we are so excited that they will be joining us!

Raffles are:
Gift Certificate to Bounce-U
Tickets to a Blue Claw’s Game
Tickets to the Planetarium at Ocean County College
Gift Certificate to Color Me Mine in Toms River
Tickets to the Arts and Community Center Shows at OCC
Gift Basket from Carolyn at Pampered Chef
Gift Basket from Noah’s Ark Workshop
Tickets to the Garden State Discovery Museum
Gift Certificate for a Free Cake from Mrs. Walker’s Ice Cream Shop
Gift Certicate for The Strand Theatre
Gift Certificate to the Marquee Movie Theatre
DIRECTIONS: Parkway South to Exit 80. Stay to the LEFT at the exit. At the T Stop, turn LEFT. It’s up about a mile or so on the RIGHT. Once in the park follow signs for the ball fields.

You can RSVP on the Fan Page on Facebook (TomsRiverMom.com)

TRMom.com is continuing on with a fun tradition for the kids of Toms River, we’re hosting the Second Annual Toms River Trike-A-Thon to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  

Click here for details!!

TRMom.com is continuing on with a fun tradition for the kids of Toms River, we’re hosting the Second Annual Toms River Trike-A-Thon to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  It will be held at Jake’s Branch Park on Sunday, May 22nd.  It will be for kids who trike (or bike, or skate board, or scooter)  - if you think your child is able to ride around in a circle for a few minutes (as long as you want him/her to) then he/she can participate!  The course is around .2 of a mile.

HOW IT WORKS:

Each child participating will need to raise money, which you will bring with you to the event or raise online.  There are two ways you can do it.

1. You can click here to sign your child up online to email sponsors for donations. The first 100 kids to register online will receive a trophy, courtesy of Oriental Trading and Julie & Kate’s Grandpa!
2. You can just show up and donate some money to St. Jude’s at the registration table.  We’re hoping for $10 pp, but whatever you can donate would be very appreciated. Checks should be written out to “St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.”

ALL money raised will go directly to St. Jude’s.  

The track will be open for the participants from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm.  Races will start at 10:00 am and every half hour until noon.  Come with your friends & have some fun.  There is a fantastic playground with park benches as well as a nature center (a la Cattus Island) to enjoy with a cool tower at the top.  They have picnic tables set up and we can use their charcoal grills.  So bring your soccer ball, baseball, kite, picnic basket and sunblock — it’s going to be a great day! Even dogs are allowed – but kept on a leash please! There will also be a Fire Truck there for the kids (and adults!) to climb on!

Once again, Kiddy Parties has been very generous and will be donating the Dora and Boots costumes. They are a HUGE hit with the kids and create some great pictures. Beachwood Bicycles is donating a adult sized tricycle for Dora to ride!!

As a very special treat this year, Snazzy Jazzy Faces will be doing face painting!  Purchase a ticket at the registration table for $2 (that will also go to St. Jude’s), and your child can get his/her face painted after the race!  They will be at the park until 12:45pm, so make sure your kids get in line in time. We are SO excited!!  They are the best face painters around and we are so excited that they will be joining us!

Raffles are:
Gift Certificate to Bounce-U
Tickets to a Blue Claw’s Game
Tickets to the Planetarium at Ocean County College
Gift Certificate to Color Me Mine in Toms River
Tickets to the Arts and Community Center Shows at OCC
Gift Basket from Carolyn at Pampered Chef
Gift Basket from Noah’s Ark Workshop
Tickets to the Garden State Discovery Museum
Gift Certificate for a Free Cake from Mrs. Walker’s Ice Cream Shop
Gift Certicate for The Strand Theatre

DIRECTIONS: Parkway South to Exit 80. Stay to the LEFT at the exit. At the T Stop, turn LEFT. It’s up about a mile or so on the RIGHT. Once in the park follow signs for the ball fields.

You can RSVP on the Fan Page on Facebook (TomsRiverMom.com)

TRMom.com is starting a fun tradition for the kids of Toms River, we’re hosting the 1st Annual Toms River Trike-A-Thon to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. 

Click here for info!

TRMom.com is starting a fun tradition for the kids of Toms River, we’re hosting the First Annual Toms River Trike-A-Thon to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  It will be held at Jake’s Branch Park on May 22nd.  It will be for kids who trike (or bike, or skate board, or scooter)  - if you think your child is able to ride around in a circle for a few minutes (as long as you want him/her to) then he/she can participate!  The course is around .2 of a mile.

DIRECTIONS: Parkway South to Exit 80. Stay to the LEFT at the exit. At the T Stop, turn LEFT. It’s up about a mile or so on the RIGHT. Once in the park follow signs for the ball fields.

Each child participating will need to raise money, which you will bring with you to the event or raise online.  There are a few ways you can do it.

1. You can click here to sign your child up online to email sponsors for donations.
2. You can just show up and donate some money to St. Jude’s at the registration table.  We’re hoping for $10 pp, but whatever you can donate would be very appreciated.

ALL money raised will go directly to St. Jude’s. And, of course, each child who raises $ will get prizes.

$35+ gets them a trike-a-thon t-shirt
$75+ gets them a t-shirt and stuffed animal
$100+ gets the t-shirt, stuffed animal and a back pack

The prizes will NOT be given out the day of the Trike-A-Thon.  I will contact you as soon as I get them and we’ll set up a pick-up time. But, each participant will get a sticker when they’re finished “racing.”  

Instead of having a schedule, the trike circle will be open for the event from 9:30 am until 2:30 pm.  Each 15 minutes a new group of kids will start their stretching routine with Danielle – our Zumba instructor. When they are finished you will get their helmets on, get them on their bikes and send them on their way (or go with them, whatever works for you). We will start a new group of kids every 15 minutes.  If you’re child does not want to stop after 15 minutes, he can continue on for as long as he wants. 

You do NOT have to be there at 9:30am – come anytime and stay as long as you like. Come with your friends & have some fun.  There is a fantastic playground with park benches as well as a nature center (a la Cattus Island) to enjoy with a cool tower at the top.  They have picnic tables set up and you can bring charcoal grills if you want to.  So bring your soccer ball, baseball, kite, picnic basket and sunblock — it’s going to be a great day! Even dogs are allowed – but kept on a leash please!

So far Kiddie Parties has generously donated Dora and Diego costumes for the day!   Ocean County College has donated bags for the event, the Blue Claws, Perk’s Variety, the New Jersey State Police,  Alison Kennedy with Lia Sophia and Bounce U have donated extra prizes for raffles at the event! Twisty Noodle has donated a very generous monetary donation for St. Jude’s – check them out, they are great!

We’ll have a raffle for the big stuff mentioned above.  We also got a lot of adorable little purses, coloring games, shirts, hats & much more donated.  We’ll have a table with that stuff on it also.  Have your kids bring a few quarters from their piggy banks and they can have some of that stuff too!  ALL money donated for these items also goes directly to St. Jude’s.

You can RSVP on the Fan Page on Facebook (TomsRiverMom.com)