The Tribune

WHILE the focus will be on the men, the Men’s Department of the Bahamas National Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention is inviting the general public to come out and participate in their first annual Family Fun Run/Walk Race and Health Fair.

The event is scheduled for Saturday, August 25 and is scheduled to begin at 6am from Charles W Saunders High School on Jean Street. Immediately following the completion of the event, a souse-out will be held on the school grounds.

Rev Stephen Ferguson, the new president of the Men’s Fellowship, said they are looking forward to a wonderful fellowship time in a wholesome atmosphere.

“The event is being held to get families more involved in healthy activities,” he said.

“We hope to get persons more involved in excising and to be more health conscious.”

Although the aim is to bring men from all walks of life together to walk, Ferguson said they want to encourage wives and children, as well as single individuals, to come out and participate.

Categories include 15-and-under, 19-and-under, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49 and 50-and-over for male and female. There will also be a special division for pastors and ministers in both the run and walk.

The registration package fee is $20 per person, VAT included, and will include a t-shirt and a participation certificate. Trophies will be presented to the first three finishers in each category.

Runners will leave Charles W Saunders High School, Jean Street, travel south to Prince Charles Drive, east to Fox Hill Road, north to Bernard Road, west to Hillside Park and south back to the finish line at Charles W Saunders High School.

Walkers will leave Charles W Saunders High School and travel north through Hillside Park to Bernard Road) travel west on Bernard Road to the Village Road round-a-bout, turn at the round-a-bout and head back onto Bernard Road and through Hillside Park end up in front of Charles W Saunders High School to finish the race. Registration is set to begin at 5am on race day.

Free medical screening will be conducted and health fitness experts will be on hand to lend their expertise in living healthy lifestyles.

The event has been endorsed by the BNBMEC, now headed by newly elected president Rev. Lloyd Smith.