Forever 9-The Robbie Levine Foundation has announced that the Eighth Annual Robbie’s Run has been
scheduled for Sunday, April 28th, 2013.
Robbie’s Run is a 5K road
race through the streets of Merrick that was created
in 2005 following the tragic death of nine-year-old Robbie Levine on the Little
League Field. This year’s event will again take place at the Norman J. Levy-Lakeside Elementary School on
Babylon Road
in Merrick.
The day’s activities include a kids’ Fun Run at 8:30am, 1-mile Mini Run at
8:50am and the 5K Race at 9:15am. In addition, numerous kids’ activities and
entertainment, as well as raffles, will take place throughout the morning.
Those interested in
helping plan the event can visit www.robbielevinefoundation.org,
email RBLForever9@optonline.net or
call 516-379-2868.
Founded in 2005 after the
tragic death of nine-year-old Robbie Levine on the field during baseball
practice, Forever 9 sponsors the annual Robbie’s Run to raise awareness of
sudden cardiac death and how AEDs save lives. The yearly Run raises thousands
of dollars that have been used to supply youth sports organizations across the New York area with AEDs.
The Robbie’s Run is sponsored by Coleman Country Day Camp.
About Forever 9-The Robbie Levine
Foundation
Forever 9-The Robbie Levine
Foundation was
started in 2005 after the tragic death of nine-year-old Robbie Levine, who
collapsed and died on the baseball field during Little League practice. Had a
defibrillator been available and accessible on the field, Robbie might have
survived. Following this tragedy, Robbie’s parents, Jill and Dr. Craig Levine,
put their energies into raising awareness of sudden cardiac arrest in
children and the
importance of defibrillators in saving lives. Forever 9’s goals are to educate
the public about defibrillators and to ensure that these life-saving devices
are available and accessible at every youth sporting event. The organization
holds two fundraisers, the 5K Robbie’s Run race and walk in Merrick, NY
and the Dealing With Hearts Gala.
8th Annual Robbie's Run Scheduled
Norman J. Levy-Lakeside Elementary School, Babylon Road, Merrick See map
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Michael Ganci (Editor) May 20, 2013 at 12:37 am
We just posted. I was at the scene. Hope this helps! MG…Read More http://merrick.patch.com/groups/breaking-news/p/woman-struck-by-train-at-merrick-lirr-station
Zach T May 17, 2013 at 07:20 pm
The School board is a bunch of morons if they want to remove this designation! There were 0 problems…Read More like this when Malucci was in office, this new superintendent is a waste of space, money, and cares more about his own paycheck then our kids! Between school security, and now this, I motion that we get rid of that skell!
Dr. Kim Lurie May 16, 2013 at 12:54 pm
Bless you, Anthony. And though I know ultimately the "Judge" will have to be held…Read More accountable by a higher authority...those of us who do this work, have not forgotten nor will we allow the system to forget what her role in this travesity was.
Anthony Merlo May 16, 2013 at 10:24 am
Thank you for this wonderful article on a good man pushed to the brink. I appriciate the fact this…Read More came form the heart and did not hold back. As Sacristan at Cure of Ars, I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Rich (as I called him) for some time. He was a man of faith and a pleasure to see. Always with a smile and kind word, you would never know what was going on the way he acted. This was a wonderful and insightful article. It is heartbreaking to think that where there was once love between 2 people, things got to the point where one persons life was destroyed by those who could and did for no apparent reason other than having the ability to do so. God will have mercy on Dr. Rich and the ex-wife and "Judge" should pray for the same given their actions.