Honorary Chairs |
Gloria Lawlah
Maryland Office of Secretary, Department of Aging
Dept. of Aging
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Pat Muse
Anchor/Host
News 4 at 4
NBC 4.com
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Rene Nash
WUHR
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Delegate
Jay "Sky" Walker Maryland House
of Delegates
26th District
Friends of Jay Walker
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- Children's National Medical
Center, Center for Cancer
and Blood Disorders
- DC DOH/ CHA/ Sickle Cell
Program
- District of Columbia Greater
Access to Pediatric Sickle
Cell Services, Howard
University
- Faces of Our Children, Inc.
- Georgetown University
Hospital, Div. of Ped.
Hematology/Oncology
- Howard University Center
for Sickle Cell Disease
- Howard University Hospital
- Lauren D. Beck Sickle Cell
Foundation, Inc.
- Sickle Cell Association of the
National Capital Area, Inc.
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SOS Walk 2008 - Directions
The walk starts and ends at Howard University Hospital, 2041 Georgia Ave. NW
Midpoint - Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Ave. NW
From Maryland - Traveling West
Take the Baltimore-Washington Parkway (I-295) to New York Avenue (R-50). Take New York Avenue to Florida Avenue and turn right. Take Florida Avenue to Georgia Avenue and turn right. The hospital will be on your right.
From Maryland - Traveling South
Take I-95 to I-495 (Silver Spring). Take I-495 to Georgia Avenue (Silver Spring). Take Georgia Avenue to V Street (approximately seven miles). Cross V Street. The hospital will be on your left.
From Maryland - Traveling North
Following I-295 North across the 11th Street Bridge. Go through tunnel (I-395 North) to the 3rd Street Tunnel. Take the 3rd Street Tunnel to Massachusetts Avenue exit (you will actually be on New Jersey Avenue, not Massachusetts Avenue). Take New Jersey Avenue to Florida Avenue and turn left. Take Florida Avenue to Georgia Avenue (approximately three blocks) and turn right. The hospital will be on your right.
From Virginia - Traveling East
Follow Shirley Highway (I-395) East through the 3rd Street Tunnel (I-395 North) to the Massachusetts Avenue exit (you will actually be on New Jersey Avenue, not Massachusetts Avenue). Take New Jersey Avenue to Florida Avenue and turn left. Take Florida Avenue to Georgia Avenue (approximately three blocks) and turn right. The hospital will be on your right.
OR
Take I-66 East across the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge to Constitution Avenue. Take Constitution Avenue (23rd Street is at the end of the bridge) to 7th Street and turn left (at Florida Avenue, 7th Street becomes Georgia Avenue). After you cross Florida Avenue, the hospital will be on your right.
From Virginia - Traveling North
Take I-95 to I-395 to the 12th Street exit. Turn right on to Constitution Avenue. Follow Constitution Avenue to 7th Street and turn left. Follow 7th Street (at Florida Avenue, 7th street becomes Georgia Avenue). After you cross Florida Avenue, the hospital will be on your right.
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Public Transportation (METRO-Subway)
From Metro Center take the Red Line to Gallery Place. Take the Green or Yellow Line to the Shaw/Howard Station. Walk two blocks north. The hospital will be on your right.
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