ATLANTA, April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Currently in its 9th year and having
raised nearly $860,000 to date for cancer research, Georgia Power's Run for
the Reason relay team is getting ready for its annual trek across the state
to benefit and support the American Cancer Society.
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The 19-member relay team will participate in a 400-mile run which
begins April 22 on St. Simons Island and ends April 24 on Hwy. 78 in
Tallapoosa at the Alabama State line. All proceeds raised from the event
will be donated to the American Cancer Society for cancer research,
awareness and prevention programs.
"We have been participating in this relay since 1998. Each year we are
overwhelmed and moved by the outpouring of support from our fellow
employees, friends and corporate sponsors," said Georgia Power Run for the
Reason Chairman Chris D'Andrea. "The fight is far from over and the monies
raised this year will be invaluable to the continued research for a cure."
Runners will be divided into three teams with six runners each (one
team will have seven runners), running in relay fashion. Each participant
is expected to run five 4.5-mile legs or 22.5 miles for an approximate
total of 400 miles over three days. The runners will be supported by other
employees who will follow the teams in recreational vehicles.
The relay team will pass through Waycross, Tifton, Vienna, Warner
Robins, Griffin, Jonesboro, Atlanta, Austell, Douglasville and Bremen
before reaching the Georgia-Alabama state line on April 24.
Overall, this year's run is expected to raise more than $100,000 for
American Cancer Society chapters in Georgia. The money will come from
corporate sponsorships and from donations solicited by individual runners.
Here's the route and tentative arrival times as the runners travel
through Georgia.
Saturday April 22:
9:30 a.m. - Run starts at Georgia Power's St. Simons office building. The
runners will follow Hwy. 17 on Glynn Avenue to Hwy. 82
6:45 p.m. - Arrive in Waycross and continue run through Ware, Atkinson
and Berrien counties
Sunday April 23:
5:30 a.m. - Arrive in Tifton. Runners will merge onto Hwy. 41
11:30 p.m. - Arrive in Cordele
Monday April 24:
4:54 a.m. - Run through Griffin
7:56 a.m. - Run through Jonesboro
10:54 a.m. - Arrive at Georgia Power headquarters, 241 Ralph McGill
Boulevard, continue run through downtown Atlanta.
1:12 p.m. - Run through Austell continuing on Hwy. 78 towards Alabama
state line
8:16 p.m. - Reach the Georgia-Alabama state line on Hwy 78.
Georgia Power is the largest subsidiary of Southern Company, one of the
nation's largest generators of electricity. The company is an
investor-owned, tax-paying utility, serving customers in 57,000 of the
state's 59,000 square miles. Georgia Power's rates are well below the
national average and its 2 million customers are in all but six of
Georgia's 159 counties.
SOURCE Georgia Power
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