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This year is the 10th anniversary of the annual Lurgan Park Charity Fun Run for Southern Area Hospice Services and the popular event attracts people from far and near. This year it takes place on Sunday 3 March at 11am. Over £66,000 has been raised through the event already and the fun run this year is extending their partnership with sportswear company McKeever Sports, with entrants receiving a discount in their Lurgan store.
Southern Area Hospice provides their service across the entire Southern Health Board area, including Lurgan, Newry and Mourne, Craigavon, Banbridge, Portadown, Armagh and Dungannon. With an annual fundraising target of over £3 million, SAHS need to raise over £250 every single hour to help people affected by terminal illness in Southern Board Area.
David Wilson, a teacher in St. Ronan’s College and joint organiser along with Tony McKeown said “We are delighted to have reached this significant milestone. When we launched the run in 2014, we never expected that 10 years later that the event would have grown so much. There is such huge local support for the Southern Area Hospice and that always attracts runners to get involved.”
The fact that the Lurgan Friends of the Hospice group, spearheaded by Deirdre Breen, has raised nearly £1m over the last 20 years plus, shows the connection they have to the local community.
Every year, our objective is to get sponsors on board so that 100% of the runners' donations goes to the Hospice.
We are delighted to announce that long term partners, McKeever Sports, will be sponsoring the medals and prizes this year as well as providing bobble hats to all participants. In addition, all runners will receive a 10% discount in their new Lurgan Store when they present their Running Number.
Clódagh McManus, Marketing Manager of McKeever Sports said; “We are honoured to partner with the Lurgan Park Fun Run this year once again, in order to raise funds for a cause very close to our hearts here at McKeever Sports.”
Other sponsors include Aqua Twist, Tesco and McDonalds.
This year’s entry fee is £20 for adults and £10 for under 16s. Each participant gets a running number, bespoke medal, hat and goody bag. Sponsor cards are also available from the Hospice.
To register, please visit www.eventbrite.co.uk
