A lady crossed the goal bring a child.
A brief time prior to, a lady anticipating a child finished her run.
So did households, couples, flag-bearing Boy Scouts and many individuals with dogs.
It’s the Dog Days Runnaturally, and dogs were warmly invited as individuals delighted in an enjoyable Saturday early morning occasion at at the McCleskey Family-East Cobb YMCA.
It was the 18th running of the Rotary Club of East Cobb, and it was a record-setting one.
The 5K/Fun Run drew in around 600 runners, which has actually been common in recent years.
But the mix of race registrations and sponsorships netted more than $100,000 for the very first time in what’s the Rotary Club’s most significant charity event of the year, president Butch Carter said.
The Rotary Club distribute the profits to more than 20 regional non-profits and charities (list here), varying from MUST Ministries to the Friends for the East Cobb Park to the Cobb Library Foundation and more.
Those receivers will be honored at a “Give Back” supper in October.
The Dog Days Run is a Peachtree Road Race qualifier, and awards were provided throughout a variety of classifications—consisting of one for real dogs—and human age.
This year’s sponsors consisted of Dentistry at East Piedmont, Wellstar Health System, Malon D. Mimms Company, The Hanna Family, The Romanoff Family, Honest-1 Auto Care, Indian Hills Country Club and more.
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