The Gateway Walk-a-thon is ON rain or shine!

Below is the weather forecast:

75 / 58 40% CHANCE OF RAIN. That means theres a 60%

chance of a sunny day!!

Were not worried a bit!!

This year were having a PICNIC 2 GO! Whats that you ask (you did ask, didnt you?)

1. YOU show up at Warinanco Park** rain or shine! 2.

3. If its raining, hard

and continuously) you can commit to walk on a SUNNY DAY

4. If it doesnt rain, we all walk the walk 5. Be sure to bring your sponsor sheet.. $50 minimum sponsorship.

6. Every participant gets a backpack full of giveaways (stress ball, pens, and pedometer, trail mix

(oops, sorry, this is Tom Mix)

candy to spoil your appetite

, chips

, soda

and a

Quiznos sandwich

7. Every walker raising at least $150 gets a way cool T-shirt free; those raising under $150 can purchase a T-shirt for $10.00. **

Warinanco Park
Park in the first parking area on the left or right near the Ice Skating Rink. Youll see signs for Gateway Walk for Life from there.

In Elizabeth Roselle from the Garden State Parkway:

Get off at exit 137. Turn left on North Avenue (aka Westfield Avenue). Turn right onto Linden Road (Roselle Animal Hospital). Go 2 lights to East 2nd Street, turn right, go one block and turn left on Thompson Avenue. Continue on Thompson Avenue until you reach the park entrance. Make a left and bear right into the park.

From Rt. 95/NJ Turnpike (exit numbers get lower as you travel south): Take Rt. 95 to the NJ Turnpike exit 13 in Elizabeth, NJ. Follow signs for Rt. 439 West. When you come to the traffic light at the very end of the exit ramp, you'll see an Exxon gas station across the street on your left, and an Amoco gas station across from you on your right. Turn left here (pass the Exxon on your right) and pass back over the Turnpike, passing entrance ramps for Rt. 278 and the Turnpike and a Budget Motel. You will now be on Brunswick Ave., Linden, NJ. Continue south on Brunswick Ave. toward the Tosco Oil Refinery entrance where the road curves sharply to the right and becomes Park Ave. Take Park Ave. across Rts. 1&9 (a.k.a. Edgar Road, landmarks here are Exxon and Tiger Mart gas station across from White Castle Hamburgers). Continue west on Park Ave. to the end where it runs into Warinanco Park. From the Garden State Parkway (exit numbers get lower as you travel south): Take the Parkway South to exit 137 (Roselle Park, Cranford). At the end of the ramp, turn left onto Rt. 28 East (Westfield Ave.). At approximately the 6th traffic light, you will see the Roselle Park Animal Hospital. Turn right here onto Linden Rd. Follow Linden Rd. all the way into Warinanco Park. From Points West - Rts 22, 78 or 80: Each of these highways intersects with the Garden State Parkway South. Take the Parkway to Exit 137 (Roselle Park, Cranford). Follow above directions. From Routes 1 & 9: North Turn left at Park Ave. (landmarks are Exxon Tiger Mart gas station and White Castle Hamburgers on the Linden/Elizabeth city line). Turn left onto Park Ave., and follow into Warinanco Park. South After passing through the Bayway Circle in Elizabeth, look for the White Castle Hamburgers and the Exxon Gas station, and turn right on to Park Ave. Take Park Ave. into Warinanco Park.

Morris Ave (Rt. 82): Follow Morris Ave. to North Ave. Turn right if traveling east; turn left if traveling west. North Ave. becomes Elmora Ave. Continue to Linden Ave. and turn right. Linden Ave. leads into Warinanco Park.