Run/Walk For Prostate Cancer Awareness Sept. 14 On The Line

Run/Walk For Prostate Cancer Awareness Sept. 14 On The Line

The Flora~Bama’s Ole River Grill will host the 6th Annual 5.8k Run/Walk for Prostate Cancer Awareness on September 14 at the 7:30 a.m. in front of The Flora~Bama Ole River Gril. The course runs West on Perdido Beach Blvd into Orange Beach to the Perdido Pass Bridge and back. The event is to raise awareness to protect the men in our lives and donate to the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF), the leading philanthropic organization funding and accelerating research globally.
Why Prostate Cancer and the PCF? It’s simple, my dad, Simon,’’ said Gin Newman, President/Founder of Simon Says Run for Prostate Cancer.
“When he was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer, I searched for information and ways to support him. To my surprise, I did not find nearly enough information. After a lot of thought, I decided to use this new journey to change that, and Simons Says Run was born. Until there is a cure, we need to help those fighting the disease, so let’s put our feet together and run/walk for a cure.’’
The 2018 event at Ole River Bar raised $8,100 for the PFC. The raes have raised a total of over $33,000 over the past five years.
Thanks to the generosity of sponsors covering expenses (i.e. participant and volunteer t-shirts, registration costs, insurance) the charity is able to donate all of the participant entry fees to the PCF.
Participants can register at www.active.com. The entry fees are $30 until September 12 and $35 at packet pickup on September 13 and day of race. Register by September, 1 to receive a T-shirt. After September 1, T-shirts will be based on availability. Registered participants receive free pancake and bacon breakfast starting at 6 a.m. and burgers & beer at the post-race party at Ole River Grill. There will be chance drawings post-race. For more information please visit simonsaysrun.org or email gin@simonsaysrun.org!