Runners and walkers will gather on the Clarendon College campus this Saturday, April 11, to raise awareness about child abuse during the third annual Chance Mark Jones Roar ‘N Run 5K.
As of Tuesday afternoon, more than 135 people had registered for the event, which is hosted each year 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; in front of the First Baptist Church; down Fifth Street along Clarendon Junior High; past several historic structures, including the S.W. Lowe House, the First United Methodist Church, and the Donley County Courthouse; around Prospect Park – the site of the Chance Mark Jones Memorial Playground, and then back up through the southwest part of the city to the college.
Race packets and race route maps will be available for pick-up all day this Friday, April 10, at the Clarendon Visitor Center inside the Mulkey Theatre.
Proceeds from the race will benefit the charitable community activities of the Clarendon Lions Club, including eyeglasses for underprivileged students, Chrsitmas baskets for local families, local scholarships, continued park improvements, contributions to other local charities, and hosting of the local office of The Bridge – Children’s Advocacy Center inside the Lions Hall.
The annual Roar ‘N Run 5K honors the life of four-year-old Chance Mark Jones, who died from abuse in 2011.
For more information about this weekend’s Chance Mark Jones Memorial 5K, contact Lion Ashlee Estlack at ashlee.estlack@clarendoncollege.edu or 806-874-4808 or 806-662-4687 or Lion Roger Estlack at tourism@cityofclarendon.com or 806-874-2421.
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