17TH ANNUAL HERBIE’S HOME “TOWN LOOP” (HHL)
This year will mark the 1st year where the race will start and end at the Track at Roger’s Stadium, Bellefonte Area High School
Herbie’s Home “Town Loop” is a 4-mile run/walk held in honor of Jeremy Herbstritt, a Bellefonte local and Penn State alum killed in the Virginia Tech school shootings in 2007.
Funds raised from this year’s event will benefit the VTV Family Outreach Foundation’s VTVCare program and a local family (Popovitch) in need. VTVCare is an endowment fund that provides financial assistance to mass shooting survivors nationwide to help cover long-term trauma-related medical and mental healthcare expenses that insurance and other governmental programs do not cover. For more information on VTVCare, please visit http://www.vtvcare.org
On May 21, 2023, 19-year-old, Haley Popovitch, Bellefonte, suffered severe 3rd degree burns over 50-60% of her body after tripping and falling into a fire pit at her home. She was life flighted to Lehigh Valley Burn Center for extensive treatments. Your donations will help her family cover medical treatments and recovery bills. Haley will have a long journey ahead of her but we are optimistic of her pushing through this very difficult time.
WHEN: Saturday, August 5, 2023, 8:30AM
COURSE: The 4-mile course is wheel measured. The run/walk begins and ends at the Bellefonte Area HS track (new location) and traverses the perimeter of the town of Bellefonte.
DISTANCE: 4 run/walk
ENTRY FEES: $25 if postmarked by 8/1/2023. $30 thereafter, and on race day. Register online: https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/Bellefonte/17thAnnualNVRCHerbiesHomeTownLoop4MileRunWalk
T-shirts will be guaranteed to the first 100 entrants.
RACE DAY REGISTRATION and BIB PICK-UP will take place on Saturday, August 05, 2023 beginning at 7am at Rogers Stadium (Bellefonte Area track).
VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: A roundtable discussion on mass violence and the unmet long-term trauma-related medical and mental healthcare needs of mass shooting will take place Saturday evening, August 5, 2023 at 6:30PM. Registration is available online and a Zoom link will be sent out after you register. VTV Family Outreach Foundation will present on their focus program, VTVCare. We invite community members, educators, politicians, and healthcare workers to join us in this important discussion intended to bring awareness to the long-term trauma-related needs of mass shooting survivors, and changes we can implement into that might halt the rising epidemic of mass violence in our society.
FREE PARKING is available at Bellefonte Area High School
CHECKS should be made payable to the: “NVRC” (Nittany Valley Running Club)
Entries can be MAILED to: Kim Gasper, Race Director, 104 Fieldstone Lane, Bellefonte, PA 16823.
RUN AWARDS will be given to the overall top male and female participants. Awards will also be given to the top three individuals in the following male and female age groups: 13 and under, 14-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60 and up. A special Nittany Lion statue award will go to the top 20-29 year old (corresponding with Jeremy’s age group at the time of his death).
AMENITIES: Refreshments, time clock at finish, mile splits, entertainment, kid’s activities, fun, family-oriented event and more at the track!
Interested in volunteering, please email Kim at kgasper@basd.net
We look forward to seeing you all in person for the August 2022 Herbie’s Home Town Loop! Stay well and we hope to see you on the trails!
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“For and in consideration of permitting my child and/or ward to participate in NVRC/Herbie’s Home “Town Loop” run and/or walk and/and events, I hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless the race organizers and directors, the Bellefonte Area School District, the Bellefonte Borough, Spring Township, and all other organizations directly or indirectly associated in any way with this race from and against any loss or expense, to include reasonable attorney fees, arising out of my child’s and/or ward’s participation therein.”
“For and in consideration of my participation in NVRC/Herbie’s Home “Town Loop” run and/or walk and/and events, I hereby agree to release and hold harmless the race organizers and directors, the Bellefonte Area School District, the Bellefonte Borough, Spring Township, and all other organizations directly or indirectly associated in any way with this race from and against any loss or expense, to include reasonable attorney fees, arising out of my participation therein.”
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