FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tysons Regional Chamber
of Commerce welcomes Metro Silver Line and kicks off the holiday season helping
families of child trafficking
TYSONS, VA, November 4,
2013
--- Hundreds of metropolitan DC area businesses and residents gather to welcome
the new Metro Silver Line to the Tysons area and band together to kick off this
holiday season at the most unique race/walk event – Stuff the Sleigh 5K Run / 1 Mile Run/Walk on Sunday, November 24th
from 9:00am – 11:00am at the entrance to 7925 Jones Branch Drive in Tysons, VA.
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Schedule of events include:
· 9:00am – Official
welcome of the Metro Silver Line by the Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce
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· 9:15am – Competitive 1
mile race/walk
· 9:45am – Competitive 5 K
race
· 10:15am – 11:00am –
Awards, prizes and closing comments
After
5 years of construction, the first phase of the new Metro Silver Line extension
is near completion and testing is underway.
The Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce, along with area community and
business dignitaries and special guests, is poised to provide a formal welcome
of the new line to the Northern Virginia community.
“Construction
of all of the new Silver Line, including four stations in Tysons Corner and one
in Reston, is nearing completion,” says Marcia McAllister, spokesperson for Metropolitan
Washington Airports Authority’s Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project. “The four stations in Tysons will tie the
Tysons community together via rail and encouragement creation of neighborhoods
around each of those stations – McLean, Tysons Corner, Greensboro Spring Hill. In addition, new Fairfax Connector bus routes
including a circulator, will improve access to and from stations, residents and
businesses.”
The
Silver Line will run between Wiehle Ave-Reston East station, through Tysons
Corner, East Falls Church, Arlington, Downtown DC, and on to Largo Town Center
in Prince George’s County, Md. Trains
will run every 6 minutes during rush hours and every 12 to 20 minutes at other
times. For complete details, visit www.silverlinemetro.com.
McAllister
and other rail project team members, the Metropolitan Washington Area Transit
Authority, will be on hand as special guests of the Tysons Chamber to kick off
the event and accept a formal welcome to the area. “We thought a formal welcome to the new Metro Silver Line was timely as we kick off the holiday season. What better way to welcome them to our community than to feature them at the Stuff the Sleigh event and make a strong statement that we all care about our community, especially our children this holiday season,” says Lisa Huffman, President of Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce. “Holding the event right in our community to welcome the new Silver Line and benefit kids here at home is the perfect way to give back during the holiday season focused on giving.”
Benefiting
local human trafficking charity Abolish Child Trafficking Now (ACT-NOW), Stuff the Sleigh increases the growing
spotlight on the worldwide $12 billion child trafficking industry affecting more
than 2 million children worldwide; the FBI recovered 100+ child victims in the
DC area just this year. [www.actnowdc.org]
“Child
trafficking is becoming more prevalent here at home in the DC area, with
accessibility of social media and online venues making it harder to track the
movement of predators and sales,” says Promod Sharma, Founder and Chairman of
ACT-NOW.”
On
Saturday, October 12, Virginia governor Robert McDonnell convened a summit
meeting in Richmond of all 50 U.S. governors to confront the child trafficking
issue. He called it “a horrific crime”
and asked his fellow governors “to turn a laser focus on this growing problem,
just as we focused on gangs 10 years ago.”
The
fully on-road USATF certified 5K course runs along Jones Branch Drive and
Westpark Drive in Tysons, VA.
All
entrants are asked to donate a holiday gift to the “Sleigh” to benefit families
of ACT-NOW. T-shirts, refreshments and a
chance to win thousands of dollars in awards and prizes will highlight the
event.
“Everyone
is invited to attend and welcome the new Metro Silver Line to the area. Please
register for the 5K run / 1 mile run/walk event and make a difference this
holiday season. Santa will be present at
this family friendly event to visit with the children,” said Lisa Huffman.
Sponsorships
are available and volunteers are needed.
Please visit www.StuffTheSleigh5K-DC.com or email info@pae-metrodc.com.
Stuff
the Sleigh 5K Run / 1 Mile Run/Walk is the perfect opportunity for community
participants, volunteers and sponsors to get into the holiday spirit to welcome
the new Metro Silver Line to the area and help end child trafficking here in
our community.
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About Abolish
Child Trafficking Now Inc. (ACT-NOW)
ACT-NOW is a U.S. based humanitarian initiative
that works to prevent the trafficking of children which forces the most
innocent members of our society into sexual, domestic, sweatshop or field
labor. As we became increasingly aware of the level of child trafficking right
here in the Washington metropolitan region, we decided to direct our charitable
efforts to this region. ACT-NOW is focused on ending child
trafficking right here in Washington DC and worldwide through prevention,
protection and rehabilitation. Our goal is to end child trafficking across
the world. We rely on public and private partnerships to sustain our efforts.
For more information, call 571-723-4319 or visit www.actnowdc.org.
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