THE JACOBUS RACE WILL RETURN TO A 5 MILER THIS YEAR!
Thank you to our Jacobus race director for working closely with the powers that be to get approval for the runners to cross the bridge on Water Street this year! The 1 mile course will remain the same as it has for the past few years. The 5 mile course will use the one mile course at the beginning before we send you down Water Street. Don’t worry, we were able to keep the hill at the finish!
Members of Christ United Methodist Church will again serve us hot breakfast and beverages afterwards. We appreciate their time and effort to make this happen each year. Please consider making a contribution towards their cause.
VOLUNTEER NEEDED for Indian Rock tomorrow at the 5ish mile turn around. Easy access and parking from the trail. You are responsible to make sure the runners turn back towards the finish line. I will have the mile markers and cones all set up for you. Please let me know if you can help – 717.855.8750 and/or yrrcwinterseries@gmail.com
The 1 mile event as well as the 10k event will now start/finish near The Grill Club House of Regents’ Glen 1000 Golf Club Drive, York, PA 17403. Parking is available at The Grill with overflow parking at Indian Rock Elementary School (DO NOT PARK ON THE GRASS).There is a new course this year as well! We will still run the York County Rail Trail – updated course map can be viewed here (must be logged in to view course map) – https://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/2851187017
Winter Series race #2 is Sunday December 1st at 1:00PM (1 mile event starts at 12:35)
Parking at the start/finish line is limited. NO VEHICLES ARE TO PARK ON POTOSI ROAD OR CREST ROAD.
We have options:
1 – Carpool – we all know friends and family who will be there!
2 – An additional parking lot is available on Line Road at the bottom of the hill.
Please remember there are runners of all ages and paces on the road. Plan your arrival / departure accordingly – make every effort to arrive prior to the 1 mile event.
Online registration is open through November 28th and will temporarily close until Sunday’s race is complete. Race day registration and bib pick-up are available starting at 11:30 near the start/finish area.
Happy Thankgiving! Looking forward to seeing you Sunday afternoon!
Don’t fret – we will be at OSS Health (Main entrance by the flag pole) from 9am until noon tomorrow, November 9th. You can pick up your bib, your friends’ bibs, your family’s bibs and/or register for the series – cash/check only please.
You may also register at Dover on Sunday. DAY-OF REGISTRATION WILL BE BUSY. Please allow yourself enough time. We will open registration in the lobby of North Salem Elementary at 11:30 and will close registration at 12:45.
Vickie Glatfelter is on a mission. The 57-year old Dover woman wants to change the stigma associated with addiction.
“Addicts are people just like you and I. We thought we had a normal family—we never dreamed addiction could be something our family would deal with,” she says.
“I wish people would become more educated and remember they’re somebody’s son or daughter. That person could be your child or relative. When it hits home, it’s a whole different story.”
Glatfelter knows about addiction first-hand, because her son Bob struggled with addiction for seven years. Prescription drugs turned into heroin. And in 2014 the addiction turned into an overdose.
“When it happened, no one was talking about addiction; Narcan wasn’t available to the public,” says Glatfelter. Her son, 28 at the time, had just gotten out of rehab for the fourth or fifth time.
“I became addicted to his addiction because every day I fought to keep my kid alive. I know the pain and anguish…I don’t want others to have to go through it,” she says.
“No mother raises their son to be an addict. My son was quiet, with a huge heart, a beautiful smile, always willing to help others. Growing up he was a typical boy, fishing, hunting, and playing three sports all through school,” she remembers.
Vickie Glatfelter and family (husband Bob, Vickie, son Bob, daughter Kayla)
Five years have passed since her son’s death and during those five years she founded the nonprofit Not One More (NOM), York Chapter, along with fellow mom Alyssa Turner, whose son is in recovery. NOM, with chapters nationwide, is dedicated to raising awareness and preventing drug abuse of any type through education and community partnerships.
Fundraising and donations have increased every year, with about $80,000 raised last year. All of the money stays in York County to help families struggling with addiction, expenses and more. Five original board members turned into 10; everyone associated with Not One More is a volunteer. Glatfelter has built up to 30-40 speaking engagements per year. In the past four years, the advocacy organization has given away about 2,500 Narcan kits—the nasal spray that can reverse an opioid overdose.
And those running this year’s York White Rose Run on September 28: Your steps are also helping York County residents and families taking steps towards recovery. Not One More is the race’s charity partner, so after race-related costs are met, proceeds will be donated to the nonprofit. Runners also have the option of making a direct donation when they sign up for the YWRR.
“Being the race’s charity partner…it’s very humbling,” says Glatfelter. “I remember the first time someone gave me a check for $100, I cried. It’s about people recognizing that we’re trying to do something. They believe in us, they feel that we’re a worthwhile organization. I don’t do it for the recognition, but I do it for all the other Bobs out there.”
So far in 2019, 78 people have lost their lives to a confirmed or suspected heroin/fentanyl overdose in York County. The county typically ranks third in the state in terms of opioid-rated deaths. Still, Glatfelter says the county and community are making great strides.
“There are great facilities, all working and helping each other, from the county government to the police departments and recovery houses,” Glatfelter says. She sits on the York County Opioid Collaborative Board and York County Recovery Committee.
Sometimes it’s difficult for an addict to afford the intake fee required to commit themselves to a recovery house. That’s why Not One More began a scholarship program to help people take that first step into rehab. In 2018, the organization made it possible for 200 people to launch their recoveries. Sadly, Not One More also provides donations to families who need help with funeral expenses. When a loved one overdoses, there’s no life insurance.
Glatfelter, who devoted most of her previous career to office work, says she found her purpose in life with NOM.
“Sometimes it makes me very sad that we have to be here, because that means many more people are struggling,” Glatfelter says. “But it also makes me happy to know that I’m helping. This work made me find that underlying part of my heart.”
The course highlights the city’s personality, starting on Beaver Street near York Central Market House, winding through the city. Keep an eye and ear out for a drumline along the way, plus the lilting sounds of a bagpiper to help you up the hill in Farquhar Park. Then there’s a fast finish down Beaver Street to the White Rose Bar & Grill where participants can enjoy a post-race party with a free beer and sandwich plus live music.
It’s five miles of fun—and for a great cause.
We all know runners like to plan ahead, so be sure to save this date too: NOM’s largest fundraiser is its annual 5K Walk/Run for Recovery, held at John Rudy County Park. More than 1,200 people signed up in 2019; the 5th annual run is set for Saturday, May 16, 2020.
Five years have passed since her son’s death and during those five years she founded the nonprofit 
Fundraising and donations have increased every year, with about $80,000 raised last year. All of the money stays in York County to help families struggling with addiction, expenses and more. Five original board members turned into 10; everyone associated with Not One More is a volunteer. Glatfelter has built up to 30-40 speaking engagements per year. In the past four years, the advocacy organization has given away about 2,500 Narcan kits—the nasal spray that can reverse an opioid overdose.
“Being the race’s charity partner…it’s very humbling,” says Glatfelter. “I remember the first time someone gave me a check for $100, I cried. It’s about people recognizing that we’re trying to do something. They believe in us, they feel that we’re a worthwhile organization. I don’t do it for the recognition, but I do it for all the other Bobs out there.”
So far in 2019, 78 people have lost their lives to a confirmed or suspected heroin/fentanyl overdose in York County. The county typically ranks third in the state in terms of opioid-rated deaths. Still, Glatfelter says the county and community are making great strides.
Sometimes it’s difficult for an addict to afford the intake fee required to commit themselves to a recovery house. That’s why Not One More began a scholarship program to help people take that first step into rehab. In 2018, the organization made it possible for 200 people to launch their recoveries. Sadly, Not One More also provides donations to families who need help with funeral expenses. When a loved one overdoses, there’s no life insurance.
