TIFTON —
Tift County Schools will host their 2nd Annual Spring Fling on Saturday, March 23, 2013. The event will open up with the 5K Run that will begin at 8 a.m. on the visitors side parking lot of Brodie Field.
The early registration deadline is set for March 15 and all early registration participants will receive a free long sleeve t-shirt. Forms may be mailed or dropped off at Eighth Street Middle School.
The one-mile Fun Run will begin around 9:00 a.m. on the track at ESMS with kids’ activities beginning around the track once all participants have completed the run. Kids’ activities range from bounce houses, a nail polish station, face painting, cotton candy, basketball shoot, bookworm toss, sack races, a bean bag toss and many more activities.
All kids’ activities are free of charge with a small fee for the cotton candy booth. There will also have a donation center on hand for people to make donations to the American Cancer Society. Gift baskets have been donated from each school as well as several local businesses in Tift County to help raise money to reach their goal this year. The gift baskets will be set up on the tennis courts on the day of the run during the hours of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Customers may purchase tickets for a chance to win the baskets. Contents range from grills, coffee makers, coffee, Georgia gift baskets as well as other items. Tickets are $1 each.
For more information, contact Marlena Thomas or Debbie Brown at Tift County schools.
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