Happy FM and Lakeside Marina Park, would hold its fourth annual Family Fun Run on March 6, 2014.
The aim is to provide a unique opportunity for families to bond and connect through a healthy avenue such as sports.
It would also focus on contributing to a healthier society by highlighting the health benefits of exercise and re-emphasising the long-term benefits of developing a habitual exercise routine and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
A statement copied to Ghana News Agency by Global Media Alliance said: �As it has been the custom, some proceeds from the run will be donated to the Mercy Social Centre at Lakeside Estate, Community 1, Tema, to support continuous care for the inhabitants of the centre�.
It said registration for the approximately six kilometers run is open to the public, with the option to register as a family, an individual, school team or a corporate chief executive officer (CEO).
�Up for grabs include awards for the fastest man, fastest woman, fastest child aged 12 and below, fastest teenager, fastest runner (more than) 50, fastest family, fastest CEO, and fastest corporate team�. It said
The statement quoted the General Manager of Happy FM; Mr Emmanuel Akrumah, as saying �this year�s event is unique because we are refocusing the fun run as an event for families. We are all very familiar with the routine and demands of everyday living, and how it often spares little or no time at all for families, whether nuclear or extended, to meet relax and have fun, as they participate, they would be directly contributing to support charity�.
�I urge all families to pick up registration forms and participate in this worthy healthy and socially beneficial event. Our fourth edition of the run is family focused and that is why we rebranded to Family Fun Run.�
Mr Salah Kweku Kalmoni, Director of Lakeside Estate noted that the family awards have been awarded to six with a specially discounted ticket for two parents and three children of one nuclear family.
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