June 5, 2009

Six Flags Great Adventure and Cure Kids Cancer Join Forces for The Second Annual 'A Walk In The Park'

Guests Who Raise $50 Will Receive a Free Ticket to the Theme Park

Six Flags Great Adventure will host Six Flags Friends, the philanthropic arm of Six Flags, Inc., and Cure Kids Cancer for "A Walk in the Park," June 14.  The organizations will again work together in an effort to raise public awareness and funding for childhood cancers.  12 Six Flags Parks will hold "A Walk in the Park" fundraiser this season allowing for millions of steps to be taken towards a goal of $350,000 to help find cures for pediatric cancers.

John Marino, Jackson local, will serve as the ambassador for Six Flags Great Adventure's walk. Marino is 15 years old and is currently undergoing cancer treatments at Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital in New Brunswick.  He will serve as the voice and the face for more than 10,000 children who will be diagnosed with cancer this year; the tens of thousands who are undergoing treatments; and the hundreds of youth who are forever coined "cancer survivors."
Mr. G, the PIX News at Ten weather expert, will help kick off the walk and captain a team.  Mr. G acted as the emcee for the inaugural "A Walk in the Park" last year and will again lead the 2K stretch with the park's ambassador, John Marino.  Mr. G has been delivering forecasts on New York television for almost 30 years. When he is not forecasting, Mr. G can often be seen running in Central Park and has run in 28 New York City Marathons.

"Six Flags Great Adventure is proud to be partnered with Cure Kids Cancer to host the second annual A Walk in the Park," said Mark Kane, Park President of Six Flags Great Adventure, Wild Safari and Hurricane Harbor.  "We hope to bring further awareness and to support children and families that are affected by cancer."

Six Flags Great Adventure is not only opening its gates to Cure Kids Cancer, but is asking guests to open their hearts, embrace the cause and to fight the battle on behalf of sick children in their own neighborhoods.

Guests can register as individual walkers at walkintheparks.org for $15 or join a team for $10. All guests that raise $50 will get a free ticket to the park.  Guests may also register on June 14 at Six Flags Great Adventure beginning at 8 a.m. The walk will kick off at 9 a.m. at the main gate.  For more information visit sixflags.com.

About Six Flags Friends
Six Flags Friends is a series of programs throughout the Six Flags family of parks that make a difference in communities by encouraging local involvement, supporting the mission of various non-profit organizations, and bringing the thrill of Six Flags to children and families across North America.

About Six Flags, Inc.
Six Flags, Inc. is the world's largest regional theme park company with 20 parks across the United States, Mexico and Canada, and soon will be expanding beyond North America with destinations in Dubai and Qatar. Since 1961, hundreds of millions of families have trusted Six Flags to combine friendly-clean-fast-safe service with affordable, value-packed thrills, record-shattering roller coasters and special events like the Summer Concert Series, Fright Fest and Holiday in the Park. Six Flags' wide array of entertainment options reaches all demographics - families, teens, tweens and thrill seekers alike - featuring themed attractions based on skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, the ultimate daredevil Evel Knievel, movie franchises The Dark Knight and The Mummy; as well as world-renowned, kid-friendly brands including Looney Tunes, the Justice League of America, The Wiggles and Thomas the Tank Engine. 

Six Flags continues to develop new avenues for growth, acquiring ownership and management of Dick Clark Productions, producer of such perennial television hits as the American Music Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, the Academy of Country Music Awards, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve and So You Think You Can Dance. Six Flags, Inc. is a publicly-traded corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SIXF) headquartered in New York City.

About Cure Kids Cancer
Cure Kids Cancer is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving and saving the lives of children with cancer by raising funds for local pediatric programs.  The 170 Cure Kids Cancer hospitals provide diagnosis, life-saving cancer treatments, cutting-edge research and pediatric cancer education programs that help children with cancer and their families find hope for the future.  Your donation goes to the local hospital that helps children with cancer in your community.