Ribbons of Gold Cancer Foundation presents Alexa’s Friends Fun Run and Walk. This is an untimed 5K event benefitting Alexa’s Friends Fund. The run will take place at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, starting and finishing near the Saw Mill Creek Shelter by Willow Bay at Onondaga Lake Park. All money collected through registration will go directly to Alexa’s Friends Fund. Minimum donation to participate is $15.
There will be a lot of food and a  live band playing music.
To register, visit FleetFeetSyracuse.com/Alexa. You may also sign up on race day.
About Alexa’s Friends Fund: On one of her earliest visits to the hospital for treatment of Ewing’s sarcoma, Alexa Bolton of Baldwinsville noticed that the hospital towels were scratchy and uncomfortable on her bald head. She asked her parents to bring a fluffy character towel from home, which she found soothing and more comfortable. In spite of everything she is facing in her own fight against cancer, this gave her an idea to help other children. She decided to raise money to provide a nice, fluffy character towel to each pediatric cancer patient upon admission to the hospital in the hopes that it would bring smiles, brighten their day and make their stay at the hospital just a little more comfortable. The Alexa’s Friends Fund is administered by The Upstate Foundation.