Oak Grove Invites Community to 1st Annual Walk-a-Thon

Oak Grove Center of Murrieta invites the community to pull out their strollers, jogging shoes and family members for its Race for a Reason First Annual Walk-A-Thon set for Saturday, May 14.

The event is a friendly, community walk around a quarter-mile track located at the Murrieta campus. Walkers, runners and senior scooters are invited to walk or run as much as they wish between 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Other activities scheduled during the event include entertainment by DJ James Genes from Day & Night DJ Service, a fun jump for kids and food vendors like Juice It Up, Fired Up Mobile Pizza and Charley’s Subs. 

Registration is $20. Proceeds from the walk-a-thon will be put toward a new gymnasium/multipurpose room for the campus and an autism camp planned for this summer. The Center is halfway to its $1-million goal for the new gym.

Participants can choose which fund they would like their fees to go toward.

The Autism Camp will serve to continue the momentum that children with autism build during the school year, so they can continue their success when school resumes in the fall.

is a nonprofit 24-hour residential and educational treatment center that serves 76 children who live on campus and an additional 80-90 day students who attend their nonpublic school day program in Murrieta.

A second campus in Perris serves an additional 45 students. Children and youth are admitted with a variety of psychological, social, emotional, behavioral, medical and neurological problems with concurrent behavioral difficulties, school problems, family dysfunction and alcohol or substance abuse.

Many of the children have suffered physical and/or sexual abuse or other traumatic experiences. In addition, Oak Grove Center offers educational programs and services to children with autism.

With only a week left before the big day, participants are encouraged to visit Active.com/donate/TeamOakGrove to set up their own personal fundraising page for friends and family to support them in the walk-a-thon.  

The registration fee will be waived for individuals who raise $75 or more in pledges.

Oak Grove Center is located at 24275 Jefferson Ave. in Murrieta.