RUN SANTA RUN 5K & TRACK REUNION
December 8, 2018
THE BOBBY HOFFMAN CHAMPIONSHIP TRACK AT THE GAGLIANO ATHLETIC COMPLEX
We have raised over $110,000
With your help,
this will become a reality
NEW prize categories and events:
Fastest Santa!
Fastest Elf!
Kiddie Dash!
In addition to the new prize categories, all entrants will receive bells to wear while we run through Roselle. So come out and make a joyous noise with us!
And while you are at it, you will support Roselle Catholic in our effort to Renovate our Outdoor Track and Athletic Center. Net proceeds from this event will benefit Roselle Catholic High School in our effort to renovate and update our track and field complex.
Frank Gagliano and the RC Alumni volunteers are bound and determined to make this an event to remember.
The race is open to everyone and we expect a huge Alumni turnout as well. So, run as an individual, as part of an alumni or open team!
The Details:
T-Shirts guaranteed for the first 300 pre-registrations.
Others While Supplies Last!
Cash Prizes for the top 3 overall male and female finishers ($200, $100, $50)
5 Year Age group Awards through 80+
Cash Prize to First Male and Female Masters Finisher (40+ Years old)
Awards to top Military (Current or past) competitors.
Team Competition with Cash Prizes (4 x $250) for Open and Masters (Over 40 years old) Teams. 5 members must score for each team. Masters team score is based on age-graded times!
TEAM REGISTRATION IS NOT ALLOWED ON RACE MORNING. TEAMS MUST PREREGISTER ONLINE BEFORE 3PM ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2018.
DECEMBER 8, 2018
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
7am: Race Day Registration / Packet Pick Up
8:20am: 1 Mile Walk Start
9am: 5K Run Start
10:15am: 5K Awards Ceremony
1pm: Pride of the Lions Track Reunion
Unable to attend?
The Pride of the Lions Campaigns have raised more than $200,000 to support projects including the renovation of boys’ and girls’ locker rooms, a long-overdue regulation baseball field on campus, and the establishment of the RCHS Hall of Fame.
This year, Roselle Catholic has another very important goal – to renovate and update the track and field complex and provide our hard-working student athletes with a state-of-the-art facility they deserve.
We Need Your Support!
This is a major fundraising project with an ambitious goal to raise the money to dramatically improve the RC Campus. We can only reach that goal – and make this much-needed Athletic Complex a reality – with the help of our alumni, donors and friends.
We respectfully ask you to consider making a gift to this year’s campaign, we promise it will be a worthwhile investment!
Frank Gagliano Athletic Complex
We are proud to announce that the new athletic complex will be named after former RCHS Track and Field Coach Frank Gagliano.
During his 9-year tenure at RCHS, Coach Gagliano built a track and fi eld program that rose to national prominence and set the tone for athletic success and traditions that the RCHS community would enjoy for 57 years following his leadership.
His Lion’s notably captured 3 Penn Relay Championship of America titles, 3 NJ State Indoor Track titles and a State Cross Country Championship. Coach Gagliano continued his coaching career with success at Manhattan University, Rutgers University, The Nike Farm Team and as head coach at Georgetown University for 18 years.
Bobby Hoffman
Championship Track
Part of the new athletic complex, The Bobby Ho ffman Championship Track will be named after Bobby Hoff man, a dedicated, loyal and hard-working RCHS student-athlete who was a 12-time varsity letter winner and member of Coach Gagliano's Cross Country and Indoor Track teams.
He ran on RC's first two Penn Relay Championship of America teams and was named Union County Scholar Athlete during his 1965 senior year. After graduation, Bobby became the first RC student to attend the US Military Academy at West Point. After serving a tour of duty in Vietnam where Bobby led the last US Rangers combat mission of that war, he continued to serve his country in the military for 20 years, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. After retirement, Bobby worked for FitForce, a company that assessed the fitness levels of police forces across the United States and designed the police fitness programs. Bobby passed away the summer of 2017 after a courageous battle with brain cancer and had the distinct special honor of burial at West Point.
YOUR GIFT CAN BE DESIGNATED IN ONE OF TWO WAYS:
1. A restricted gift to fund the Bobby Hoffman Championship Track at the Gagliano Athletic Complex
2. A gift directed to support the operational costs for an individual sports program of your choice.
All contributions to Pride of The Lions Fund are tax deductible.
Please consider a gift today!
If you prefer to contribute by mail, please click below to download a Pledge Form:
CORPORATE MATCHING GIFTS
Please remember that many companies will match their employees' gifts to educational and other non-profits on a 1:1 basis. Donors can go to their Human Resources Department and request a matching gift form and send along with donation to the Pride of The Lions Fund to Roselle Catholic.
STOCKS & SECURITIES
Donating stocks and securities can also allow you to continue the Roselle Catholic athletics tradition. Please contact Dave Boff, Director of Development, dboff@rosellecatholic.org, or (908) 445-7901 for further information.
Many thanks for your help and support!
Pride of The Lions Fund and Roselle Catholic DO NOT provide athletic scholarships.
For information about the Pride of The Lions Fund, please contact Dave Boff, Director of Development at dboff@rosellecatholic.org or by phone at (908) 445-7901.
