(From KGCS)2024 will mark the final Freeman Joplin Memorial Run and with that end, organizers are seeking to find permanent homes for the flags or banners that lined the race path.
Those 161 banners bear the names of those whose lives were taken in the May 22, 2011 tornado. On Newsmakers, race founder Audie Dennis and emcee Bob Brown discuss how the Memorial Run grew and changed over the years. The Active Lifestyle Events non-profit formed enabling race/run proceeds to benefit a wide variety of community efforts.
Race participants Mark and Trish Norton, who lost their son Will in the tornado, share the impact of the banners and the walk of remembrance that are part of the Memorial Run event. Runner Steve Benfield also shares how the banners have been meaningful. Audie Dennis explains the process of registering to claim the banner of a loved one and the giveaway event planned for May 18, right after the final run.
Race participants Mark and Trish Norton, who lost their son Will in the tornado, share the impact of the banners and the walk of remembrance that are part of the Memorial Run event. Runner Steve Benfield also shares how the banners have been meaningful. Audie Dennis explains the process of registering to claim the banner of a loved one and the giveaway event planned for May 18, right after the final run.
Newsmakers is airing nightly at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. the week of April 28 on KGCS-TV and will air at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, May 4 on KOAM-TV. It is also posted on the station’s YouTube channel: KGCS - Missouri Southern State University.
KGCS programming can be seen on channel 21 and is also available on regional cable television systems such as Sparklight, Mediacom and Suddenlink Communications. The station operates as a service of the Department of Communications at Missouri Southern State University.
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