Registration open for Megan’s Mission 5K
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THE SECOND ANNUAL 5K run/walk to end childhood cancer will be held Saturday, Sept. 17 in the village of Coal City. The event will support the newly established Megan’s Mission Foundation, an organization dedicated to carrying on Megan Bugg’s work of ending childhood cancer through advocacy, research and scholarship.
Team Megan Bugg is preparing for its second annual 5K run/walk to end childhood cancer.
The Megan’s Mission 5K will be held Saturday, Sept. 17 in the village of Coal City.
Proceeds will support the Megan’s Mission Foundation that is dedicated to honoring Megan Bugg’s goal of ending childhood cancer through advocacy, research and scholarship.
The race will get underway at 6 p.m. in the 600 block of S. Broadway in Coal City. Babe’s Tap will serve as the host location for run. The course will take racers south on Broadway to Reed Road and then back north into the village.
The event is being held during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and in conjunction with the village of Coal City’s Fall Fest. A band will be playing until 10 p.m. near the race site and food and beverages will be available for purchase.
The cost to participate is $35 per person. Register on-line at runsignup.com/RaceIL/CoalCity/MegansMission
In addition to the 5K in Coal City, there will be a virtual run and participants can sign-up through the on-line registration link. The cost for the virtual run is $40 per person.
The first 500 to sign-up for the run are guaranteed to receive a gold Megan’s Mission stocking cap.
Megan passed away in March after a seven year battle with alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma. During her courageous and inspirational fight, she became an advocate for childhood cancer and she raised $1.7 million for childhood cancer research Megan Bugg Global Rhabdomyosarcoma Research Laboratory at the Children’s Cancer Therapy Development Institute in Oregon is named in her honor.