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Walk to support Pediatric Interim Care Center

Published 2:18 pm Thursday, August 25, 2016

The walkathon will raise critically needed funds for the care of newborns withdrawing from prenatal drug exposures at Pediatric Interim Care Center in Kent. PICC is the only facility in the state providing 24-hour specialized nursing care for drug-affected and medically fragile infants.
The walkathon will raise critically needed funds for the care of newborns withdrawing from prenatal drug exposures at Pediatric Interim Care Center in Kent. PICC is the only facility in the state providing 24-hour specialized nursing care for drug-affected and medically fragile infants.

For the Reporter

Registration has started for the annual Walk for the Babies to help support Kent’s Pediatric Interim Care Center.

The 5K run, walk or stroll is at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1 at Kent Station. Day-of registration and T-shirt pick-up begins at 9 a.m. in front of Duke’s. The cost is $25 for adults, $15 for seniors (ages 65 and older) and students. The fee includes a T-shirt. Children 10 and younger can walk for free. Children’s T-shirts cost $10.

To register and for more information, go to picc.net.

Starting flag for the walk will be at 10:30 a.m. The route will go past PICC on Fourth Avenue and then complete a loop on the Interurban Trail, ending back at Duke’s for a chowder feed and prizes.

Pediatric Interim Care Center, in downtown Kent, has given more than 3,000 drug-affected infants a safe and healthy start in life and become a national model for the specialized care of these vulnerable newborns.

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