Event Information

It is with great pride that we invite you to join us at the Bonita Stanton, M.D., Memorial 5K. The USATF certified and sanctioned 5K Race will take place on Sunday, October 11 at Brookdale Park in Bloomfield, NJ.

A beloved colleague, physician, mentor and educator, Bonita F. Stanton, M.D., was the founding dean of the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine and a true inspiration to all who knew her. She was a prolific researcher, author and educator. It is impossible to overstate her role in bettering and saving untold lives over the course of her career as a pediatrician and medical education visionary.

A true leader of positive change, Dean Stanton envisioned a world in which every person - in her own words - could have “access to excellent health outcomes and well-being” in the state of New Jersey and beyond.

In Dean Stanton’s honor, and in keeping with her vision, all proceeds from the Bonita Stanton, M.D., Memorial 5K will directly benefit the Bonita F. Stanton, M.D. Scholarship Endowment Fund, which provides vital scholarships to the talented future physicians accepted into the highly sought after Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine.

Join Us and Be The Difference

Through Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation’s Be The Difference campaign, we are developing new ways of providing patient care that are far more human-centered. With a $1 billion goal, this campaign is the largest ever undertaken by a health care network in New Jersey. 

With your generous support of our signature events, you are joining us in revolutionizing everything from the delivery of patient care and community health, to medical education and research, improving the health and lives of everyone in New Jersey and beyond.