23rd-Annual Home Run for the Homeless
Gennesaret Family Nutritional Center 419 W. Exchange St., Akron, Ohio 44302
1-mile fun run at 8:30 a.m. 4-mile run at 9 a.m. Awards to top-3 male & female finishers in 12 age divisions, plus awards in masters and grandmasters divisions. Race course includes beautiful historic Glendale Cemetery. Free raffle prizes after the race. Gennesaret is all-volunteer. All race proceeds go directly to help the poor via Gennesaret's hundreds of volunteers including at Gennesaret's Family Nutritional Center in west Akron. Olympic Gold Medalist Butch Reynolds is honorary race chair. Race registration fee prior to Nov. 27: $20, age 18 and over; $5, age 17 and under. Day-of-race registration fee: $25. 1-mile walk registration fee: $2. Preregister at https://runsignup.com/Race/OH/Akron/2014HomeRunfortheHomeless. Day-of-race registration begins at 7 a.m. Free giveaway to the first 1,200 preregistered 4-mile runners.