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11th Annual Greta's Run for Imagine

Sun May 19, 2024 Westfield, NJ 07090 US Directions
Countdown to Race Day

Events

First 500 get a shirt!

5K Run

$35 9:00AM EDT $8 discount when combined with Memory Walk registration | Price increases after May 10, 2024
First 200 get a shirt!

Kids Fun Run

$15 9:45AM EDT $8 discount when combined with Memory Walk registration | Price increases after May 10, 2024
Open to ages 10 and under.
First 300 get a shirt!

Memory Walk

$18 10:15AM EDT $8 discount when combined with 5K or Kids Fun Run registration | Price increases after May 10, 2024

Virtual 5K

$35 Price increases after May 10, 2024

Wheelchair 5K

$0 8:55AM EDT Registration ends May 19, 2024 at 8:40am EDT

Special Pricing

This year we're having an early bird special! $8 discount will apply through when you register for the 5K and memory walk as an adult. 5K registration for ages 12 and under will be $20 discounted regardless of registration period. Discounts will appear at checkout.

Register before Friday, May 10, 2024:
5K: $35
Kids Fun Run: $15
Memory Walk: $18

Register between Saturday, May 11 - Sunday, May 19:
5K: $40
Kids Fun Run: $20
Memory Walk: $23

Race Results

To view your results from the 5K race, please scan the QR code on your bib or stay tuned for the website link.

If you need further assistance, please reach out to Angela Tayco at angela@imaginenj.org.

Check out 2022 Greta's Run for Imagine

Place

Roosevelt Intermediate School
301 Clark Street
Westfield, NJ US 07090

Schedule

Registration Opens
8:00 AM: Check-in at Roosevelt Intermediate School

Welcome & National Anthem
8:40 AM: Welcome from Lindsay Schambach
8:45 AM: National Anthem

Start Times
8:55 AM: Wheelchair Racers Start
9:00 AM: 5K Starts
9:30 AM: 5K Awards @ Imagine Tent Stage
9:45 AM: Kids Fun Run Starts
10:15 AM: Memory Walk Starts @ Imagine Tent Stage

Closing
10:45 AM: Dove Release @ Imagine Tent Stage
10:50 AM: Southpaw Musical Performance

Description

Imagine is a growing and evolving organization, that began in Westfield, NJ, and serves families from over 57 towns in NJ. Imagine provides free, year-round grief support for children and families coping with loss due to death. In addition to providing grief support at its two centers in Mountainside and Newark, Imagine provides grief education and training to schools, agencies, and workplaces, and on-site support after any traumatic loss. 

One of the largest 5K’s in the area, Greta’s Run was founded in memory of Greta Schoenemann by her childhood friends Ben Nanna and Jayne Ruotolo. Greta was a Westfield High School freshman when she died from injuries sustained when a tree branch fell on her and her classmates during lunch. This year is the 11-year Anniversary of when the memorial race began.

After the 5K race and Kids Fun Run, we will hold a Memory Walk and invite everyone in our community to participate. You can purchase a lawn sign in honor of a person in your life who has died. We will line the perimeter of this walk and the end of the run with the lawn signs of remembrance, sending a message that although our people have died, they are not forgotten – they are still with us.   

We hope that you will join us and walk alongside our families, our children, and our community, and let everyone know that their loss matters, that they are not alone, and they are never forgotten.    

T-Shirt and bib pick up will be available in advance of race day at Fleet Feet Westfield, specific days and times will be announced in April. Shirts and bibs will also be available for pick up on the morning of the race beginning at 8AM. 

Buy a Memory Sign

The 1 Mile Memory Walk after the 5K Race is to commemorate the loved ones of Imagine’s Families as well as other families in the community. Lawn signs will be displayed along the route, which is also the last mile of the 5K, with names and dates of family members who died. We invite you to be a part of this Memory Walk even if you are not able to join us.

Click here to buy an additional memory sign.

Race Contact Info

If you have any questions about this race, please contact the race director at

In Partnership With

Memory Walk Sponsor

Kids Fun Run Sponsor

Music Sponsor

Valued Sponsors

USATF 5K Course Map

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Memory Walk Course Map

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Kids Fun Run Course Map (200 Yards)

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Directions

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