Things look different for the Sherry’s Run 5K Run/Walk this year since it is a virtual event.

While this is the 17^th Annual Sherry’s Run 5K Run/Walk, this year is the first time it is a virtual event. This just means you can participate from any location! Run or walk in your neighborhood, at the park, on a treadmill, wherever works best for you! In fact, you don’t have to run or walk at all—you can sleep in for Sherry’s Run if you choose!

Because it is a virtual event this year, this also means the regular Sherry’s Run 5K course along West Main Street, North Greenwood Street, Baddour Parkway, Castle Heights Avenue and Hill Street will not be closed to traffic. Typically the streets along the Sherry’s Run 5K route are blocked off for runners and walkers, but they will not be blocked off this year.

Since streets will not be closed, many teams and individuals are finding other ways to safely hold their own small gatherings. Some teams are meeting at local churches and school parking lots. There are lots of wonderful parks in our area with walking trails. Don Fox Park, Cedars of Lebanon State Park, Charlie Daniels Park, Long Hunter State Park, Shelby Bottoms Greenway, and Bledsoe Creek State Park are all great places for running and walking. Some people are planning to walk in their neighborhood or around their yard.

While so much has changed in our world this year and this year’s event looks different, the mission of Sherry’s Run has not changed. Sherry’s Run provides financial assistance to families in Wilson County and surrounding communities who are fighting cancer.

“Each registration fee is so important,” says Alisa Eakes, patient assistance director for the Sherry’s Run organization. “Your $30 or $35 registration fee could provide a prescription, gas to get to treatment or a medical copay for someone who is battling cancer. It means so much to our patients to know their community supports them in their fight against cancer.”

Your support is needed this year for the Sherry’s Run Virtual 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, September 12th! Registration is available online.  Click here or stop by the Sherry’s Run office to complete a paper registration form. Registration for the Sherry’s Run Virtual 5K Run/Walk is only $30 and Sleep in registration is only $35. All registrations include an event t-shirt. Sleep in registrations include the shirt being mailed after the event date.

Sherry’s Run is a non-profit organization that works throughout the year to provide hope to families battling cancer in Wilson County and surrounding communities by offering emotional encouragement and financial assistance. In addition, Sherry’s Run works to spread colon health awareness by distributing free colon cancer screening tests and providing colonoscopy assistance.

To learn more about the Sherry’s Run organization, please call 615-925-2592. To refer someone for assistance, please call 615-925-9932 or email sherrysrunhelp@gmail.com. To make a donation to Sherry’s Run, click here or mail donations to Sherry’s Run, P.O. Box 8, Lebanon, TN 37088-0008.