Lions Club to raise funds during annual Memorial Day run

BEVERLY HILLS — The Beverly Hills Lions Club is holding its 40th annual Memorial Day Fun Run/Walk on Memorial Day, followed by the Beverly Hills Memorial Day Parade.

Participants will meet at Beverly Elementary School, 18305 Beverly Road, on May 27. The run will begin at 9 a.m., and the walk will begin at 9:05 a.m.

To participate, people can register for a 4-mile fun run or a 2-mile walk.

The well-marked course will take participants through the residential streets of Beverly Hills.

All participants will get a commemorative T-shirt and will be offered bottled water and snacks. For the more competitive runners, first-place male and female finishers in each age group will be recognized with medallions.

Lions Club member Roy Waters managed the Memorial Day Fun Run/Walk for many years, but he opted to retire this year.

“The money we raise from the fun run goes to the community events, and we support many community activities,” Waters said.

The Beverly Hills Lions Club is known for supporting local Beverly Hills activities and charities. They raise funds for the Adopt-A-Road cleanup program, Angel’s Place, the Beverly Hills Lions High School Scholarship Program, the Beverly Hills Memorial Day Parade, Corewell Health’s Silent Children’s Speech Fund, GIGI’s Playhouse, the Halloween Hoot, the Java and Jazz series, the Joseph J. Laurencelle Memorial Foundation, the Kimberly Anne Gillary Foundation, the Penrickton Center for Blind Children, and Project KidSight screenings.

“The fun run and walk is one of our fundraising activities that we always look forward to,” said Gordon McMullen, the Beverly Hills Lions Club president. “It not only benefits the community and our community service projects, but it also contributes to several charities that our clubs supports and continues our motto of ‘we serve.’”

This year, the Beverly Hills Lions Club is celebrating 52 years of service to the Beverly Hills community.

Participants can register 8:15-8:45 a.m. on race day for $30. The cost for participants ages 19 and under  is $20.

 

Parade and carnival
Following the Memorial Day Fun Run/Walk, the community is invited to the 41st annual Memorial Day Parade and Carnival.

The parade will start at 11 a.m. at Groves High School. It will march up Evergreen and east of Beverly Road, ending at Beverly Park.

After the parade, the carnival will start at noon. Organizers say it will be filled with a petting farm, face painting, live music, food and more.

Oakland County Mobile Recreation will provide a bounce house and climbing wall for kids to enjoy.

At 1 p.m., the community will honor those who died in service of the U.S military.