Laney's VIRTUAL Fashionista 5k
Men and Women, Boys and Girls… Come bring your funky fashionista flair!Each year we host a 5k event in West Reading in honor and memory of Laney and all of the Fighters and families battling pediatric cancer. We typically have more than 400 runners come out and support this event every year. While those numbers are impressive, during the current situation with COVID and restrictions placed on event sizes, we have been forced to look at another avenue to celebrate Laney’s Fashionista 5K while still keeping our supporters safe. This year we are excited to have a VIRTUAL 5K!!!
We encourage people to dress up in bright, colorful outfits in memory of Delaney’s super fun and fashionable character. You can run anytime between April 23-25. Post a picture of yourself and your socially distanced friends with your time. Let us know who you are running for or why you run for pediatric cancer. We will be updating our social media platforms throughout the entire weekend with your pictures.
Money raised at this event will directly benefit local families with a child fighting pediatric cancer, as well as our next grant for pediatric cancer research.
Many of our Fighters follow our social media, so let’s give them some fun pictures to scroll through.
2021 Event Details
Date
Date – April 23-25, 2021
Time
Run anytime!!
Location
Wherever you please.
Ticket Options
Pricing – $25 registration fee if registered by March 30th (with guaranteed tee). $25 after March 30th (no guaranteed tee).
How does a VIRTUAL 5K work?
- Register for the race.
- Find friends to (socially distant) run with you. Have them register.
- Pick up your Laney’s Fashionista 5K tee-shirt on April 17th or 18th between 10 am-2 pm at 4 Park Plaza Wyomissing Pa 19610.
- Run anytime between April 23rd – 25th and post your pictures, time, who you ran for, or any other details about your run. Use the hashtags #Fashionista5K and #Laneysfighters.
- Watch our social media that weekend as we post runner’s pictures and stories about their runs.
Get Involved
Want to participate in our Fashionista 5k?
Click the button below to register online!
Mail-in Registration Form
Want to participate in our Fashionista 5k by mailing in your registration?
Click the buttons below to download the form!
Mail-in must be postmarked by March 30th to receive a guaranteed tee shirt.
Gallery from Previous Events
Alexis Runyen
Piper Irias
Jeremiah Reedy
Vincent Nowroozi
Xavier Ortiz
Caden Davis
Lucas Brown
Because dear Lucas you were a complete joy and abundant light to all that knew you. Your dad and my heart grew greater than we knew possible the moment we met you.
Megan Martin
Shailey Kimmel
Celia Cosentino
Julia Adams
Chloe Koenig
Anthony Myers
Benjamin Reinhold
Blaze Troutman
Kierra Broadwater
Liam Simpson
Juwan Adams
Scarlet Ornelas
Michael Gallagher
King Singh
Riley Rejniak
Skylar Maganda
Yomary Velez
Gemma Cecil
Troy Viveros
Arelio Mercado
Arelis Rodriguez
Vincent Lucchese
Camden Martinez
Taylor Rose Schmidt
Hozhoonii Suer
Lylah-Jean
Ayden Brown
Cristinia Astacio
Antonio Gomez-Colon
Laynee Costello
The life-threatening battle was over for now. The chemo caused extensive tooth decay and physical delays, but hey we were out of the woods. Laynee worked tirelessly with PT and OT at both St. Christopher’s and the local school district to “just be a regular kid again.” We enjoyed nearly two years of clean scans and that oh so joyous phrase “no evidence of disease,” until two weeks ago. Laynee went in for her routine scans when “no evidence of disease” was off the table. How could this happen when rhabdomyosarcoma? This was not the plan. What else could we do besides wait on the biopsy of both the original tumor site and her bladder (where the new tumor was found). After days of an agonizing wait we got the news we were hoping not to hear, both sites are positive for rhabdomyosarcoma. Laynee will not only be undergoing intense multi-drug chemotherapy but radiation as well. This Friday Laynee has her PET scan and next week bilateral bone marrow biopsies to see if her cancer has metastasized. After that, her port will be placed on Wednesday during the bone marrow aspiration, and chemotherapy will be started immediately after.
Best case scenario Laynee will have local spread, and hopefully, the chemo and radiation will be enough (we were warned that her ovaries would have to be frozen to preserve fertility and her bladder will most likely be destroyed, leading the nephrectomy tubes). This next line is the most challenging line to write; if her cancer has metastasized, there is nothing more we can do but attempt to prolong Laynee’s life since it will have become terminal.
Kyanna Harris
Virginia Rose Vandermark
Isabella "Bella" Conroy
Ariel Rodriguez
Brayden Zackon
Mason Kosmoski
Angelina Miele
Reynaldo Flores
Rey had another tumor September 5, 2017, we decided to go to Washington to children’s hospital to do trial medication, but it didn’t work, so they decide to remove the tumor at Hershey. It went great but less than a month later two more tumors grew, they decided to remove the cancer on Dec 19, 2017, Dec 20th MRI was conducted, and they found a small tumor that wasn’t initially visible. Due to the location, he was not a candidate for surgery. January 9, 2018, he went in for a gamma knife procedure and Sunday morning Jan 28, 2018, he suffered two seizures. Monday morning Jan 29th, 2018, they found two new tumors. We are waiting to hear what treatment he can get to avoid the tumors to get any bigger.
Rey can’t catch a break he has missed the whole school year. He can’t do much but t sit and play ps4 or watch movies or sleep due to him being nauseous or restless nights!
Please keep Rey in your prayers as he continues to fight this cancer!