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The First Annual Elephant Run May 13, 2007
Blessed with a beautiful sunny Mother's Day, The First Annual Elephant Run was a huge success! Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors and the community, the event drew 442 runners and walkers and raised over $14,500 for The Marcena Lozano Memorial Scholarship Fund. Families engaged in a variety of activities including kid's dashes, bounce house, crafts, face painting and chinese auction. Refreshments and music were enjoyed by all! The day was more successful than we had ever dreamed and awarding the scholarship to deserving organ transplant recipients will be Marcena's dream come true!
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Marcena Lozano was born on 2-7-1980 at Children’s Hospital in Buffalo, NY. It became immediately apparent, as this beautiful pink baby turned a dusky blue, that something was seriously wrong. Marcena’s condition was quickly diagnosed as transposition of the great arteries (TGA), where the aorta and pulmonary artery are reversed; and hours after her birth she had the first, of what would eventually become, many life saving procedures.
At the age of 13, Marcena was told that she needed a heart transplant. At the the age of 23 she was told that she needed another. Tragically, Marcena received her angel wings on 8-31-2005, leaving behind a host of family and friends who miss her immensely. She faced numerous surgeries, hospitalizations and illness in her lifetime, but she continued to beat the odds and amaze her physicians. She was focused on completing her degree and becoming a social worker to use her wisdom to help adolescents facing life-threatening illness. Marcena may have physically left us, but her amazing spirit lives on in every life she touched and none of us can forget her brilliant smile and infectious laughter. She attacked each day with an energy that her weakened body could barely keep up with. The more life threw at her, the deeper she dug to find the strength, courage and determination to survive. It is this spirit that we remember, honor and happily share with you. Click here to see Marcena's Journey
The 2008 Elephant Run
When: May 11th Mother's Day 2008
Time: 9:00 am
Race: 4 Mile Run/Walk 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk
Little Peanuts Elephant Stampede (50/100 yd dash)
Where: The Delaware Park Lake Casino, Buffalo N.Y
Registration: 7-8:50 am
Entry Fees: 4 Mile Run/Walk 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk
Pre-registered $18 $10 (post-marked by 5/7/08 or in person on 5/10/08)
Day of Race $20 $12
No fee for participants 85 and older(Pre-registration/Race Packet Pickup: Side Bar 1459 Hertel Ave. Fri. 5/9 5-8pm Sat. 5/10 5-7pm)
**Entry fee includes post-race party, chance at door prizes and race shirt for the first 400 entrants. 4 Mile participants receive a dri-fit race shirt. 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk participants receive a cotton shirt.
Awards: 1st Place Overall Male and Female/ 1st Place Male and Female Transplant Recipient/ 1st Place Mother& Daughter and Mother& Son Teams as well as 1st-3rd in five year increment age groups.
Post-Race Party Prizes Raffles Music Kids Activities Food & Fun
Drum4Health Drum Circle
Flower for Mom
**All proceeds will benefit the Marcena Lozano Memorial Scholarship Fund which will be awarded to transplant recipients, with priority given to candidates in the WNY area. The name "The Elephant Run" was chosen because of Marcena's adoration of the elephant's sensitive, complex nature and highly protective extended family and her knowledge that, like the elephant, we will never forget the donors who gave new life... and we will certainly never forget Marcena.