Donate Life run/walk and family festival slated for Saturday in Fullerton

FULLERTON - Participate in the Donate Life Run/Walk from 7 a.m to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at Cal State Fullerton, 800 N. State College Blvd.

More than 9,000 people from across Southern California will participate in this event.

The walk inspires Californians to donate life by becoming organ, eye and tissue donors.

The family festival atmosphere includes special performances by American Idol season nine finalists Katie Stevens and Tim Urban and by Grammy award-winning pop/R&B group All-4-One, whose latest CD includes a song inspired in part by the founders of the Donate Life Run/Walk, Kathleen and Craig Hostert.

The morning-long event will begin with an opening ceremony at 8:15 a.m. and will feature a "Circle of Life Garden" with more than 100 photograph-bearing signs honoring donors and recipients.

Eight baskets of doves will be opened in memory of loved ones.

Registration fees for Donate Life Run/Walk participants are $30 for runners and walkers, $20 per living donor or recipient, $20 per person for families of four or more and $20 per person for teams of 10 or more.

There is no charge to attend the post-walk family festival.

For more information, visitwww.donateliferunwalk.org.