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Jingle Bell Run set to help children
Run set to take place on Dec. 13 in Lake City
By JEFF M. HARDISON
jhardison@lakecityreporter.com
In what may become known as the ‘First Annual Jingle Bell Run,” the 5-kilometer race set for Dec. 13 is to help children.
It is being hosted by the local guardian ad litem program.
Children who are in the Third Judicial Circuit Court system as a result of being abused, neglected or abandoned need support. This circuit includes Columbia, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee and Taylor counties.
The Florida Guardian Ad Litem Program gives children a voice, said Sandy Tice, Third Judicial Circuit Guardian Ad Litem program supervisor.
Registration for the 5-K Jingle Bell Run is 3 p.m. at the ad litem office 406 N.E. Lake Desoto Circle. It is open to people of all ages, Tice said. The run begins at 5 p.m.
The registration fee is $25 and all proceeds go to help children who are represented by the ad litem program, to pay for school supplies, clothes, school activities, field trips and the like, Tice said.
A free Family Fun Run-Walk is set for 6 p.m.
The run-walk will be led by Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus, Tice said. All children will be given jingle bells.
“We are asking families to bring a child in a wagon or a stroller,” Tice said. “This is a walk for a child. The guardian ad litem program provides a voice for children. Here, we are letting the community provide a voice for children.”
It is being hosted by the local guardian ad litem program.
Children who are in the Third Judicial Circuit Court system as a result of being abused, neglected or abandoned need support. This circuit includes Columbia, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee and Taylor counties.
The Florida Guardian Ad Litem Program gives children a voice, said Sandy Tice, Third Judicial Circuit Guardian Ad Litem program supervisor.
Registration for the 5-K Jingle Bell Run is 3 p.m. at the ad litem office 406 N.E. Lake Desoto Circle. It is open to people of all ages, Tice said. The run begins at 5 p.m.
The registration fee is $25 and all proceeds go to help children who are represented by the ad litem program, to pay for school supplies, clothes, school activities, field trips and the like, Tice said.
A free Family Fun Run-Walk is set for 6 p.m.
The run-walk will be led by Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus, Tice said. All children will be given jingle bells.
“We are asking families to bring a child in a wagon or a stroller,” Tice said. “This is a walk for a child. The guardian ad litem program provides a voice for children. Here, we are letting the community provide a voice for children.”
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