Walk Details
Event Name: Liver Life Walk Cleveland 2020
Event Date: May 17, 2020
Route: 1 mile course through the zoo grounds
Location: Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (Palava Hut)
3900 Wildlife Way, Cleveland, OH 44109
Registration Fee: $20 (18+, 17 & Under are complimentary); Registration fee increases to $25 at the event
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Liver Life Walk Cleveland 2020
Join us as we change the face of liver disease. Your participation will bring awareness to liver disease and provide financial support for our educational programs and patient services offered to the millions of Americans battling one of the 100 known liver diseases. The 2020 event marks the 20th anniversary of the Liver Life Walk Cleveland! The event includes a 1-mile walk through the zoo grounds, a raffle, live entertainment, light refreshments, and family-friendly activities. A $20 registration fee applies for adult walkers and is a donation to the ALF and counts towards your fundraising total. The event is rain or shine, and most activities are covered in the Palava Hut. Registration opens at 7:30am and closes promptly at 9:00am as the walk welcome program begins. The registration fee will increase to $25 on the day of the event. Zoo members do not need an event wristband for entry and are encouraged to use their membership pass.
START FUNDRAISING TODAY
Fundraising is key to your participation in Liver Life Walk. To make it easier, we provide all walkers with sample emails, a customizable personal fundraising page and staff to provide guidance, coaching and support. Online fundraising is available OR you may mail donations to:
American Liver Foundation
Attn: Liver Life Walk Cleveland
6133 Rockside Road, Suite 301
Independence, OH 44131
Walkers who raise $100 or more will receive the National Walk Shirt to commemorate the day. Additional fundraising prizes are offered to walkers who raise $250+. The fundraising deadline to qualify for national prizes is June 17, 2020.
Meet our 2020 Cleveland LIVEr Champion, Mike Gaydos
Mike’s journey to Liver Transplantation started on September 9, 2014 after lunch on a regular day at work.
He began to not feel well so EMS had to be called and he was immediately taken to University Hospital in Bedford and diagnosed with internal bleeding for esophageal and stomach varices.
Mike was then life-flighted to UH Main Campus, where he was diagnosed with NASH (non-alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver). His wife and he, along with a team of doctors at University Hospitals of Cleveland, were able to manage the symptoms until April of 2018 when the disease overtook him.
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