Big Nut Strut just around the corner

By LENNY C. LEPOLA

News Assis­tant Man­ag­ing Editor

Look­ing for a family-oriented way to get some phys­i­cal activ­ity, and at the same time con­tribute to a wor­thy cause? Well, your conun­drum is solved because the Third Annual Big Nut Strut cov­ers both bases.

The Big Nut Strut is a 5K (3.1-mile) family-friendly run/walk event designed to raise money for the Big Wal­nut Local School District’s three ele­men­tary building’s PTO’s. Got chil­dren too young to do the 5K? No prob­lem, because there’s even a Big Nut Strut Kid’s Fun Run.

At 12 noon on Sun­day, Octo­ber 7, the Big Nut Strut gets under­way at the south­east cor­ner of Sun­bury Mills Plaza, and entry fees have been kept low so the entire fam­ily can par­tic­i­pate with­out break­ing the prover­bial piggy bank.

The Kids Fun Run reg­is­tra­tion fee is $10, for run­ners and walk­ers age 5 to 11 reg­is­tra­tion fee is $20, and the reg­is­tra­tion fee for all oth­ers is $30.

All 5K par­tic­i­pants will receive a free Big Nut Strut Tech­ni­cal T-shirt on race day; those who pre-registered before Sep­tem­ber 14 will receive their T-shirt on race day. All 5K par­tic­i­pants will also receive fin­ish line refresh­ments, a grab bag with money-off coupons and other free items, and with their race num­ber be auto­mat­i­cally entered to win door prizes.

Awards will be given to the top male and female fin­ish­ers in each age group. The groups are ages 5–6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12–14, 15–19, 20–29, 30–39, 40–49, 50–59, 60 and older.

Kid’s Fun Run par­tic­i­pants will each receive a medal.

Chan­nel 10’s Jeff Hogan is plan­ning to attend and par­tic­i­pate, as well as short visit from Bru­tus Buck­eye dur­ing the Kids Fun Run, said race orga­nizer Sandie Knapp.

Knapp said while all Big Nut Strut pro­ceeds will go to dis­trict ele­men­tary school PTO’s, race par­tic­i­pants can direct their reg­is­tra­tion fee to the ele­men­tary school PTO of their choice by check­ing a box on the reg­is­tra­tion form; or check a box to have the fee placed in a pool to be divided equally between the Big Wal­nut Ele­men­tary School, Gen­eral Rose­crans Ele­men­tary and Hylen Soud­ers Ele­men­tary PTO’s.

And remem­ber, if you com­pleted the Galena United Methodist Church Mov­ing with the Spirit 5K and Run For John, you also need to com­plete the Big Nut Strut to qual­ify for the Fall 5K Grand Prix draw­ing prizes. There’s noth­ing else to do. Com­plete all three races and you are auto­mat­i­cally entered to win a host of addi­tional prizes, includ­ing Fron­trun­ner gift cer­tifi­cates, a round of golf at Bent Tree, Jerky from Virgil’s Jerky Plus, a Sun­bury Clean­ers Gift Cer­tifi­cate, a one-year sub­scrip­tion to The Sun­bury News and more.

To reg­is­ter for the Big Nut Strut online go to the Pre­mier Races web­site at < premierraces.com >, in the events col­umn go to Octo­ber 7, click on Third Annual Big Nut Strut, and then click Register.

Early packet pick up and reg­is­tra­tion will take place at Sun­bury Chi­ro­prac­tic Cen­ter from 3 to 7 p.m., Thurs­day, Octo­ber 4; from 9 a.m. to 12 –noon, Fri­day, Octo­ber 5, and from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, Sat­ur­day Octo­ber 6. Sun­bury Chi­ro­prac­tic Cen­ter is located at 123 Ohio 3, Sun­bury (in the Sun­bury Mills Plaza).

Race day reg­is­tra­tion and packet pick-up begins at 10 a.m.

Big Nut Strut orga­niz­ers are still seek­ing part­ners in the com­mu­nity to donate door prizes – busi­ness coupons and gift cards, gift bas­kets, and merchandise.

For addi­tional infor­ma­tion, to donate door prizes, or vol­un­teer to help mon­i­tor the race­course, email Sandie Knapp at < ksksleepyacres@aol.com >, or call Knapp at 740–272-1533.

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