Months of planning and preparing are about to pay off as the 30th Annual Gary Tillman Memorial Clocktower 5K Road Race and 2-Mile Health Walk takes place this Saturday, August 15th, at 8am in Heritage Park.
Volunteers should have received an email on Wednesday morning outlining their responsibilities and race day instructions. Please print your instructions and maps and bring them with you on race day. If you did not receive an email, please check your spam folder. Gail Johnson and Jason Sanker will be at the Exchange Club meeting on Friday with tee-shirts and volunteer assignment details. On race morning you should check in with Jason and Angie Diehl at the Volunteer Station next to the playground to receive your Volunteer Badge and further instructions.
We have a strong sponsor base this year, many of whom have been with us for the past ten years, and we could not be as successful as we are without them. Please patronize these sponsors and let them know how much we appreciate their partnership with us in the fight against child abuse and neglect. Many of our sponsors will be in the park on Saturday, adding to the race experience for our participants, and handing out food and other goodies in addition to the fruit and fluids provided by the race. After you have completed your volunteer duties and return to the park to return your lanyard, please visit the sponsors' tents and thank them for what they do.
A huge thank you is due to the following businesses and organizations:
Presenting: CoosaValleyFairAssociation, ExchangeClubofRome, RomeRunnersClub
Platinum: GeorgiaNorthwesternTechnicalCollege, RedmondRegionalMedicalCenter
Gold: Advance Rehab, Chick-Fil-ADwarfHouse, CoosaValleyCreditUnion, CycleTherapy, FloydMedicalCenter, KindredHospital, PerformancePhysicalTherapy& SportsMedicine, RomeOrthopaedicCenter, Team360
Silver: C&STrophies, HeritageFirstBank, McRae,Stegall,Peek,Harman,Smith,&Manning,LLP,
Pridemore&CoxOrthodontics, ProPerformancePersonalTraining, Q102/ MRadio
Bronze: EagleRockDistributing, FloydHealthcareFoundation, KRE8SHUNSMobileDJServices, Kroger, RiverCityBank
Friends of the Race: Greene's Jewelers, Hi TechSigns, PrettyLittleEmBands, RepresentativeKatieDempsey, RomeCocaColaBottling, SweetFrog, TedBuckenhamPhotography, TysonFoods
Of course the biggest thank you of all goes to the members of the Exchange Club of Rome, without whom this would be just another 5K race in Rome. Thank you for your dedication, your expertise, and your willingness to do whatever is thrown at you. Saturday will be another great day to be an Exchangite in Rome Georgia, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Gail Johnson
Race Director
