If you have any questions or feedback about the project, please email Brett Long at brettconifreylong@hotmail.com.
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Kids 4 Entoto 2009
Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary School
Ethiopia is located on the "Horn of Africa."  Play the Africa Map Game to test your knowledge of African geography!
Welcome Kids 4 Entoto Runners!

Thank you for participating in this year's Kids 4 Entoto project at OPE.  By running the Junior Carlsbad and fundraising for the Entoto Foundation, you will accomplish something quite remarkable...you will save a life!  That is something you can feel proud of for the rest of your life.

This year, we are running to raise funds for children to fly from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Los Angeles, California for surgery.  Their surgeries and hospital expenses have been generously donated by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA.  All they need is the airfare to get them there!  Each round trip ticket costs approximately $3000.  Let's go OPE, we can do it! 
· Kids 4 Entoto Kick Off
· Entoto Fitness Contest
· Entoto Training Session
· Entoto Team Spirit Day
· Entoto Team Dinner
· Junior Carlsbad Race Day
· OPE Make-Up Race
Project Events
click here for full event calendar
Get off to a great  start with training tips from Entoto Coach and Olympian Steve Scott.
You will be helping kids like these...
some of Entoto's past patients

Last year, OPE's Kids 4 Entoto team raised enough money to help Adis, Workneh and Atsede.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Los Angeles, CA

Countdown to Race Day!
April 4, 2009
Abeba, former spine patient...received spine surgery in 2007 and recovered well.  Abebe plans on becoming a teacher.
Kidus, current heart patient...suffers from 2 holes in his heart.  Kidus is currently being evaluated for treatment at UCLA Medical Center.
Azmera, former spine patient...Azmera, an orphan, received spine surgery in 2007.  She recovered well and is studying hard in school to become a doctor.
Workneh, current Ollier's Disease patient...OPE's Kids 4 Entoto Team raised enough money to fly Workneh to LA where he is currently receiving treatment for one of the rarest forms of Ollier's Disease on record.
Yabtsega, former spine patient...at 13, Yabtsega weighed 38 pounds prior to his surgery.  He is now in middle school - running, playing and dancing large minutes - his words :-)
Atsede, former heart patient...this radiant smile belongs to Atsede.  OPE's Kids 4 Entoto team raised enough money to fly Atsede to LA for surgery.  She is now home in Ethiopia and doing great!
Mathewos, former heart patient...Mathewos was Entoto's first patient and inspiration.  He is now a young man and doing well in Ethiopia.
Adis, former heart patient...OPE's Kids 4 Entoto Team raised enough money to send Adis to India for surgery to repair her heart.  She is doing well and aspires to open her own business to support herself and her family in Addis Ababa.
Important Forms

My Race Goal Sheet
My Pledge Form

Junior Carlsbad Paper Entry