The Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Northern Kentucky will be held on Saturday, December 8th at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center. The 5K event is a wonderful way to start off the holiday season while helping those with arthritis. Funds raised benefit the Arthritis Foundation.

All runners and walkers will be given a set of jingle bells to tie to their sneakers. The festive sounds of jingle bells will fill the air as participants take to the streets on December 8th to raise funds for arthritis. Participants are also encouraged to wear a holiday-themed costume to add to the fun.

Jingle Bell Run/Walk events are held across the U.S.A. through November and December. Visit here to see if an event is in your area.

To kick off the holiday season with a running (or walking) start, the Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis will be held on Saturday, December 1st in Mason City, Iowa at the Southbridge Mall.

Funds raised for the walk will benefit the Arthritis Foundation. Organizers aim to raise $15,000 from this year’s walk. Participants pay an entry fee of $25 and are asked to raise funds through pledges.

All participants are given jingle bells to tie to their shoelaces. Participants are encouraged to wear festive and merry holiday costumes and gear. Awards are given for the top finishers in the competitive runs, best fundraisers and also for best costumes.

The Jingle Bell Run/Walk will also be held in Quad Cities on Saturday, December 15th.

Source: globegazette.com

This year was the largest Birmingham Komen Race for the Cure ever, with more than 11,000 participants. Last year’s event had 8,400 participants. This year’s fundraising is anticipated to reach $700,000, $161,000 more than last year. The event was held on Saturday, October 13th at Eighth Avenue North in front of the Boutwell Auditorium and participants ran or walked through the downtown Linn Park. 

This year’s event was the 16th annual Komen Race for the Cure for the Birminham area. A number of the participants were cancer survivors. Others walked or ran in memory of someone who had fought breast cancer, or who had lost the battle with breast cancer.

Source: The Birmingham News

Mary Lee Davis died of cancer last spring. She was a paraprofessional at Fouke Elementary School in Fouke, AR. More than 80 faculty members and students from the school will participate in the Komen Race for the Cure in Texarkana, TX to raise funds in her name. The walk will be held Saturday, October 20th.

The race begins at the Ben & Jane Collins Home for Women in Texarkana, TX. The walk includes a 5K Run/Walk and a 1 Mile “fun stroll.”

“We knew her as Miss Mary Lee. We didn’t even know she had a last name,” said Barham, who graduated from Fouke High School in 1999.

Former students of Ms. Davis’ are among the group that will walk on Saturday in her honor. Gerald Davis, Mary Lee’s husband is thankful that her friends at Fouke Elementary wish to honor her in this way.

“They’ve already done so much,” Gerald Davis said.

Source: Texarkana Gazette

Dr. Alan Brock, founder of the Austin, Texas based non-profit Fit2Endure completed an amazing 40-day, 896-mile run this past summer. He did this to raise funds and bring awareness to the national child obesity epidemic.

His trek began in Austin, TX on July 11th. He ran across the state of Texas going northwest through Abilene, Lubbock, Amarillo and many small towns in between. A short leg through the Oklahoma panhandle and he was into Colorado. As if running across the 2nd largest state in the union wasn’t enough, he ended his amazing journey by completing the Pike’s Peak Marathon in Denver on August 19.

All along the way Brock was followed by a support crew, was cheered on by spectators and even found time for some TV interviews and a daily blog.

Alan Brock is not a man to stop either! Now he’s getting ready for a 100 mile trail run in Bandera, Tx in November. You can read more about his 896 run and his current training on his Summit40 Blog.

The Second Annual Bradley’s Buddies 5K Run/Walk was held Sunday, September 30th at the Wenonah School in Wenonah, New Jersey. More than 600 participants joined the run and walk event. Funds raised will benefit leukemia research at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA.

This year’s event attracted 340 runners and 275 walkers, up from last year’s 500 participants. The walk is sponsored by Bradley’s Buddies, a charity organization to remember Bradley Caraker. Caraker was a 9-year-old Wenonah boy who battled T-cell leukemia and died in 2006.

The run/walk ended with a dedication of a memorial walkway in Caraker’s name that is located in the Wenonah School butterfly garden.

Source: NJ.com

The 32nd Annual Jamestown Classic has been divided into two programs this year. Held on Jamestown, Rhode Island. The classic is organized by the local Rotary Club. One event ‘Round the Island Bike Race’ will be held on Monday, October 8th (Columbus Day).

The new event is ‘Rides and Strides for Humanity’ which will be held on Saturday, October 7th. The event will begin at Ft. Getty. Participants can be active in a variety of ways — they can walk, run, cycle, skateboard or even ride a kick-scooter. They can do so to benefit a number of charitable causes — from the Jamestown Community projects, the Nicaragua Wheelchair Project, a Ghana Literacy Project, Pure Water project and a National Charities fund.

Participants can register online at the website. Adult participants must raise $100 and children must raise $20. T-shirts will be given to each participant who raises $50.

The Jamestown Classic is considered the largest bicycle road race in Rhode Island. More than 800 participants are expected for both Oct 7th & 8th programs. In the beginning the event raised approximately $800 and now the event raises approximately $18,000 for charity.

Source: The Jamestown Press