Jordan’s Walk for Wishes and Dash for Dreams

6th Annual FAST 5K Run and Walk 

WHERE: Richard Maghakian Memorial School (RMMS)22 Milford Street / Route 130 Brookline, NH 03033

WHEN: Saturday, September 22, 2012. 

12:00PM Check-In & Registration

2:00PM Run begins and walk follows

Fun for the whole family! Balloon Animals, Music, Food, Children’s Activities, Raffle Baskets and Much More!!

Jordan’s Walk for Wishes and Dash for Dreams is a tribute to Jordan David Coffey. Jordan died on September 10, 2005 at the age of 14, after a courageous battle with a brain tumor. Jordan had been a Seventh Grader at Hollis Brookline Middle School and was about to enter the 2005-2006 school year as an Eighth Grade Student.

From December 2004 through March 2005 there were weekly, and then daily trips between Brookline, NH & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for doctor appointments, Brigham and Woman's Hospital for radiation, and Boston Childrens Hospital for MRIs and CAT Scans. In February 2005,Make-A-Wish of New Hampshire contacted us at home and offered Jordan a wish. We knew without hesitation that he would want to go to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, a favorite of many NH Make-A-Wish children.

Make-A-Wish provided the most overwhelming gift and experience for our family. A limo picked us up at home and drove our family of five to Manchester Airport. From airline tickets to a rental car, and accommodations on Disney property, Park-Hopper Passes to Disney Sea World and Universal Studios, it was truly a week we will all remember and cherish -- Memories that will last a lifetime.

Many, many hours of work and preparation go into Make-A-Wish and we know that Jordan would want to make others happy, as was his mission in life. He was always optimistic and had a ready smile.