On Your Mark ... Get Set ... for the 25th Annual Nordstrom Beat the Bridge to Beat Diabetes

    WHAT:          Nordstrom Beat the Bridge to Beat Diabetes will be held at
                   Husky Stadium at the University of Washington on Sunday,
                   May 20.

                   This year's anticipated participation should reach over
                   9,000 runners, walkers, volunteers and supporters. Beat the
                   Bridge hopes to raise over $1 Million for the Juvenile
                   Diabetes Research Foundation this year.

    WHEN:          Sunday, May 20  RACE DAY
                   6:45 a.m.            Registration Opens
                   8:00 a.m.            4-mile Family Walk Begins
                   8:15 a.m.            1-mile Fun Run Begins
                   8:30 a.m.            8K Race Begins
                   9:45 a.m.            Awards Ceremony
                   10:05 a.m.           Diaper Derby

    WHERE:         Participants can register online at www.beatthebridge.org
                   until 8:00 p.m. on Friday, May 18.  Entries will also be
                   accepted at the Expo on Saturday from noon to 6:00 p.m. or
                   on race day at Husky Stadium beginning at 6:45 a.m.

    REGISTRATION:  Registration fee is $15 per person or $25 including an
                   official Beat the Bridge T-shirt.  No entry fee for the
                   Diaper Derby.  Online registration begins Monday, March 5
                   and ends at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, May 18.  Registration and
                   t-shirt pick up will be held on Saturday, May 19 from
                   noon - 5:00 p.m. in tunnels 9-19 in the Husky Stadium West
                   Concourse.

    INFORMATION:   For more information, please log on to
                   www.beatthebridge.org or call the Nordstrom Beat the Bridge
                   Information line at (206) 628-1000.

    CONTACT:       Kendall Bingham
                   Nordstrom, Inc.
                   (206) 373.3031

    (Logo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001011/NORDLOGO )

SOURCE Nordstrom, Inc.
05/18/2007 P
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