Runners and walkers will gather on the Clarendon College campus this Saturday to raise awareness about child abuse during the second Chance Mark Jones Memorial 5K Walk/Run.
As of Tuesday morning, more than 120 people had registered for the event, which is hosted by the Clarendon Lions Club and coincides with Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Sign-ins start at 8 a.m. at the Bairfield Activity Center. The 9 a.m. race will start and end at the Bulldog Gym and through the city, around Prospect Park – the site of the proposed Chance Mark Jones Memorial Playground, and past several historic structures, including the Donley County Courthouse, the First United Methodist Church, and the S.W. Lowe House.
Race registrations are available at the Clarendon Visitor Center at the Mulkey Theatre, and race packets can be picked up at the Visitor Center all day this Friday, April 11.
Proceeds will go towards a playground project in Prospect Park, which will be designed to include four play components that will meet the needs of children with disabilities. The race and playground are intended to honor the life of four-year-old Jones, who died from abuse in 2011.
Lions Club officials also said Tuesday that they a working with The Bridge – Child Advocacy Center to put a satellite of that organization in Clarendon.
The Bridge is a comprehensive, child-focused program that offers a highly effective, one-stop approach to child abuse investigation.
The facility allows law enforcement, child protective services professionals, prosecutors and the medical and mental health communities to work together to assist child victims in a comprehensive and cohesive manner.
For more information about this weekend’s Chance Mark Jones Memorial 5K, contact Boss Lion Ashlee Estlack at ashlee.estlack@clarendoncollege.edu or 806-874-4808 or 806-662-4687 or Lion Chandra Eggemeyer at tourism@cityofclarendon.com or 806-874-2421 or 325-234-3401.
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