VivaTysons is a media sponsor for the Falls Church-McLean Children’s Center’s Third Annual Teddy Bear 5K & 1K Walk Run. The Race to Give Every Child a Strong Start will again be on the last Sunday of September, 27 at 4 pm on the W&OD Trail, starting and ending at 400 N. Oak Street. All runners and walkers will receive a Teddy Bear when they cross the finish line. A fun fair starting at 2 pm will feature games, balloons and facepainting for the kids. Sponsorships are available. Runner registration is open at www.runsignup.com/TeddyBear5K.
This event benefits the nonprofit Children’s Center that was established in 1968 by 20 area faith groups to provide affordable child care for children from low-income, working families. Their nationally accredited early childhood education program is a model program as the only preschool located under the same roof as a Fairfax County Public School. As such, the Center provides full-time working parents with the chance to retain their jobs while their special needs child attends half-day special education preschool at Lemon Road Elementary School, then finishes the day in the Center’s enriching program.
