Press Release
Submitted by Stephanie Basey
Director of Youth Mental Health First Aid, Project Aware
Nassau Alcohol Crime Drug Abatement Coalition
August 29, 2017 3:00 p.m.
Registration is open for the 6th Annual Ben Byrns 5K Runway Rally “Fun Run” to be held October 7th with the goal to raise funds to help prevent drug and alcohol abuse among our Nassau County youth. The race is the island’s only running event held entirely on the taxiways and runways of the Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport. The 5K race starts at 9:00 a.m. with a one-mile fun run for kids and walkers immediately following. (The 5K race is not an official chip- timed race.)
Participants may register online at www.Active.com or may download registration applications at www.NACDAC.org or pick up registration forms at Current Running, 815 South 8th Street, in Fernandina Beach. Register by September 22nd, to ensure you receive an official BB5K dri-fit race shirt, with cotton t-shirts for the kids.
Winners in the male and female categories for best overall and masters (age 40+) will receive an aerial tour of Amelia Island sponsored by McGill Aviation. There will be a silent auction with lots of fabulous items to bid on, and a challenge for Nassau County Schools with the greatest student participation to earn cash prizes for their school.
The alignment of goals and commitment to educate and guide our local youth to make good choices in their lives has resulted in a unification of efforts of the Ben Byrns Foundation and NACDAC in the presentation of the 6th Annual Ben Byrns 5K Runway Rally to be held at the Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport on October 7, 2017. For more information regarding the Ben Byrns 5K Runway Rally Fun Run or to make a donation to NACDAC, please visit www.NACDAC.org.