Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency: October 2008
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Times and dates are subject to change.

   October 2008
   SA 10/4 AIDS Walk Washington 
Time:
   8:30 am
Location:
  
Beginning and ending at Freedom Plaza
Contact:
AIDS Walk Washington (202) 797-4458; www.aidswalkwashington.org

   SUN 10/5 24th Annual Army Ten-Miler  
Time:
   8 am
Location:
  
Beginning on Route 27 in Arlington, VA; Entering via DC Memorial Bridge; Exiting DC via 14th Street (HOV lanes); Ending at Pentagon South Parking Lot
Contact:
U.S. Army-MDW (202) 685-3361; www.armytenmiler.com

   SUN 10/5 Turkish Festival  
Time:
   10 am - 6 pm  
Location:
   Pennsylvania Avenue NW between 13th and 14th Streets
Contact:
 American Turkish Assoc of WDC (888) 282-3236; www.turkishfestival.org

   SAT 10/11 National Building Museum Festival of the Building Arts   
Time:
   10 am - 5 pm  
Location:
    F Street NW between 4th and 5th Streets
Contact:
National Building Museum (202) 272-2448;
www.nbm.org

   SAT 10/11 Navy Day in DC   
Time:
   10 am - 5 pm  
Location:
    US Navy Memorial Plaza; D Street NW between 7th and 9th Streets
Contact:
 US Navy Memorial (202) 737-2300; www.navymemorial.org

   SA 10/18 Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Light The Night Walk
Time:
   6:30 pm 
Location:
  
Beginning and ending at Pennsylvania Avenue and 13th Street NW
Contact:
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (703) 960-1100; www.lightthenight.org 
 
Washington Hospital Center's Walking for a Health Lifestyle
Time:
   7:30 am 
Location:
  
Beginning at Turkey Thicket Recreation Center, 1100 Michigan Avenue NE; Ending at Washington Hospital Center, 106 Irving Street NW
Contact:
Washington Hospital Center (202) 877-6213; www.whcenter.org
 

  
SUN 10/19
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SUN 10/19-
MON 10/27
Oyster Adams 5K Race
Time:
8:30 am  
Location:
   Beginning and ending at Oyster Adams Bilingual
School, 2801 Calvert Street NW
Contact:
Capitol Running Company (301) 871-0005;
www.runwashington.com
 
Washington International Horse Show (staging
accommodations)
Time:
   10 pm (October 19, 2008) - 6:30 a.m. (October 27, 2008) 
Location:
  
Verizon Center, F Street NW between 5th and 7th Streets; 6th Street NW between G and E Streets; F Street NW between 7th and 8th Streets (Saturday only)
Contact:
Verizon Center (202) 628-3200; www.wihs.org
 
 
   SA 10/25 18th Annual Step Out To Fight Diabetes 
Time:
   9:30 am
Location:
  
Beginning and ending on Pennsylvania Avenue NW between 3rd Street and Constitution Avenue
Contact:
American Diabetes Association (202) 331-8303, ext.4514; www.diabetes.org/stepout
 
   SU 10/26 33rd Marine Corps Marathon18th Annual Step Out To Fight Diabetes 
Time:
   7:30 am
Location:
  
Entering DC via Key Bridge; Exiting DC via 14th Street Bridge
Contact: Marine Corps Marathon (202) (703) 432-1241;
www.marinemarathon.com