Wipe Out Kids' Cancer (WOKC) will host its annual Run for the Children presented by Tom Thumb at the Town of Addison's Oktoberfest (15650 Addison Road) on Saturday, September 22, 2001. The run consists of a 5K Run/Walk, a 1-Mile Fun Run/Walk for kids and a 5K in-line skate race. A wheelchair competition is included in the 5K and 1-Mile races. The Run for the Children presented by Tom Thumb raises money to support pediatric cancer research conducted at Children's Medical Center of Dallas and is emceed by Macie Jepson of WFAA-TV Channel 8. Sponsors for the race include Tom Thumb, Town of Addison, The Dallas Morning News, WFAA-TV, MIX 102.9, and American Airlines.

Pre-registration race packets are available at RunOn! locations in Dallas, Richardson and Irving, and run brochures are available at all Tom Thumb locations. Online registration is available by visiting www.active.com. Race Day registration opens at 6:30 a.m. at the Oktoberfest Grounds. The 5K inline skate race begins at 7:15 a.m., 1-Mile Fun Run begins at 7:45 a.m. and the 5K run/walk starts at 8 a.m. There will be entertainment, awards and prizes throughout the morning. Addison's Oktoberfest opens at 11:00 a.m.

In conjunction with the Run for the Children, the "Night in Munich" Benefit Auction kicks off the Oktoberfest weekend festivities on Thursday, September 20, 2001 from 5:00 -9:00 p.m. in the Addison Oktoberfest Main Tent on the Oktoberfest Grounds. This event also benefits WOKC.

Wipe Out Kids' Cancer is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for pediatric cancer research at Children's Medical Center of Dallas. Founded in 1980 by Cindy Brinker- Simmons in honor of her late mother, the great tennis champion Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly Brinker, who died of cancer at the age of 34, Wipe Out Kids' Cancer has raised more than $1.7 million in the crusade against cancer.

For additional information about Wipe Out Kids' Cancer, the Run for the Children and/or Night in Munich please contact the WOKC office at 214/987-4662 or the Run for the Children hotline at 972-444-8837 (RunOn!)