Seventh Annual Friends of Peter Alderman Walk to Be Held at Fenway Golf Club

Over 200 friends and family of Peter Alderman, who was murdered in the destruction of the World Trade Center Towers on September 11, 2001, will participate in the 7th Annual Friends of Peter Alderman (FOPA) Walk Sunday, September 20, 2015 at Fenway Golf Club, 384 Old Mamaroneck Road, in Scarsdale from 3:00-7:00 pm. This year the FOPA Walkers hope to raise $150,000 for the Peter C. Alderman Foundation to be used for the Foundation's programs.

In announcing this year's FOPA Walk, Co-Chair of FOPA, Dr. Gregory Janis, of Manhattan, said, "We are very excited to be holding this year's FOPA Walk and Family Day again in Scarsdale. Last year we moved the event to Scarsdale both to bring it home to where Pete loved growing up, and to accommodate our own expanding families."

Demarest, NJ resident and FOPA Walk Co-Chair Tina Schweid continued, "It has become a much anticipated special day. Each year we look forward to reconnecting with others who loved Peter, miss him and want to honor his memory by contributing to the great work of the Peter C. Alderman Foundation."

Dr. Janis and Mrs. Schweid were his among Peter Alderman's best friends in Scarsdale, where they all grew up together. If he were alive today he would be 39.

The Walk will begin at 3pm and be immediately followed by a celebratory BBQ with entertainment and activities for the whole family including, a dunk tank, bouncy castles, face painting, games and sports, tie dye art-making, carnival booths and much more. It will be held rain or shine.

A $30 donation is requested for non-registered adult Walkers and $15 per non-registered child to cover expenses. For more information or to register go to: walk.petercaldermanfoundation.org

About the Friends of Peter Alderman (FOPA)
Following his death, Peter's many friends wished to honor his life. They decided to create an enduring legacy to memorialize his loving and generous spirit by working together as a group to support the Peter C. Alderman Foundation's (PCAF) work. With that in mind, the Friends of Peter Alderman, or FOPA, was created as an arm of the PCAF. With the motto "For Pete's Sake", in the past six years, FOPA created the annual Peter C. Alderman Walk and raised $350,000 for PCAF including the funding for a new roof for the Peter C. Alderman Mental Health Clinic in Cambodia.

About the Peter C. Alderman Foundation (PCAF):
The mission of the Peter C. Alderman Foundation (PCAF)(www.petercaldermanfoundation.org ), which was formed in 2003 by Elizabeth and Stephen Alderman of Pound Ridge, NY to honor their son Peter who was murdered by terrorists in the destruction of the World Trade Center September 11, 2001, is to heal the emotional wounds of victims of terrorism and mass violence by training indigenous health workers and establishing trauma treatment systems in post-conflict countries around the globe.

In its 12 years, PCAF has established eight trauma clinics: two in Cambodia, four in Uganda, one in Liberia and one in a maternal child health clinic in one of Africa's largest slums in Kibera, Nairobi and treated more than 100,000 patients. It runs workshops and conferences in Africa that have trained thousands of mental health professionals. Working in public-private partnership with governments, PCAF creates capacity, sustainability and community acceptance at very low cost.