10th Annual Greta's Run for Imagine

Sun May 21, 2023 Westfield, NJ 07090 US Directions

Events

SHIRTS ARE SOLD OUT!

5K Run

9:00AM EDT Youth Registration (12 and Under) - $15 (Automatically Applied at Check Out)
Join us!

1 Mile Memory Walk

10:15AM EDT Youth Registration (12 and Under) - $10 (Automatically Applied at Check Out)
SHIRTS ARE SOLD OUT!

Virtual 5K

Youth Registration (12 and Under) - $15 (Automatically Applied at Check Out)
SHIRTS ARE SOLD OUT!

Wheelchair 5K

8:55AM EDT

Race Results

To view your results from the 5K race, please scan the QR code on your bib or click here to view online.

If you need further assistance, please reach out to Angela Tayco at angela@imaginenj.org.

Check out 2022 Greta's Run for Imagine

Place

Roosevelt Intermediate School
301 Clark Street
Westfield, NJ US 07090

Schedule

Registration Opens
8:00 AM: Check-in at Roosevelt Intermediate School

Welcome & National Anthem
8:30 AM: Welcome from Lindsay Schambach
8:35 AM: 5K Kick Off by Mayor Shelley Brindle
8:40 AM: National Anthem

Start Times
8:55 AM: Wheelchair Racers Start
9:00 AM: 5K Starts
10:00 AM: Kids Fun Run Starts
10:15 AM: Memory Walk Starts

Description

Imagine is a growing and evolving organization, that began in Westfield, NJ, and serves families from over 57 towns in NJ. Imagine provides free, year-round grief support for children and families coping with loss due to death. In addition to providing grief support at its two centers in Mountainside and Newark, Imagine provides grief education and training to schools, agencies, and workplaces, and on-site support after any traumatic loss. 

One of the largest 5k’s in the area, Greta’s Run was founded in memory of Greta Schoenemann by her childhood friends Ben Nanna and Jayne Ruotolo. Greta was a Westfield High School freshman when she died from injuries sustained when a tree branch fell on her and her classmates during lunch. This year is the 10-year Anniversary of when the memorial race began.

After the 5K race and Kids Fun Run, we will hold a Memory Walk and invite everyone in our community to participate. You can \purchase a lawn sign in honor of a person in your life who has died. We will line the perimeter of this walk and the end of the run with the lawn signs of remembrance, sending a message that although our people have died, they are not forgotten – they are still with us.   

We hope that you will join us and walk alongside our families, our children, and our community, and let everyone know that their loss matters, that they are not alone, and they are never forgotten.    

Pick up your bib and shirt ahead of May 21 Feet Fleet in Westfield! Fleet Feet is located at 123 Quimby St, Westfield, NJ 07090. Pick up dates and times will be announced. Can't make it during those times? No worries! Shirts and bibs will also be available for pickup on the morning of the race. 

Buy a Memory Sign

The 1 Mile Memory Walk after the 5K Race is to commemorate the loved ones of Imagine’s Families as well as other families in the community. Lawn signs will be displayed along the route, which is also the last mile of the 5K, with names and dates of family members who died. We invite you to be a part of this Memory Walk even if you are not able to join us.

Click here to buy an additional memory sign.

Race Contact Info

If you have any questions about this race, please contact the race director at

In Partnership With

Valued Sponsors

USATF 5K Course Map

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Memory Walk Course Map (1 Mile)

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Kids Fun Run Course Map (200 Yards)

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