Twilight Run Helps Fight Impaired Driving

WOODSTOCK, GA -- The Cherokee Friends of Recovery organization will host its 2016 Twilight Run F.O.R. Cherokee raising money to help keep Cherokee County’s roads safer.

The popular 5K Run/1K Fun Run/Walk will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22 at Hobgood Park in Towne Lake.

Registration begins at 6 p.m. and the the race will follow at 7 p.m. Registration costs $25, and rises to $30 after Oct. 10.

The course begins and ends at Hobgood Park. Awards will be given for first-, second- and third-place for the 5K male and female runners, as well as major place age groups for male and female. First-place male and female runners under 12 will receive awards in the fun run.

• Register for the race by clicking here.

“This is our biggest fundraiser of the year,” said Cherokee Friends of Recovery Chairman Don Stevens. “It really does a great benefit to our clients in our program to help them be able to complete the program, get their lives back on track and be productive citizens. Without that money, it would be difficult to be able to serve all the people we serve. We really appreciate our sponsors and the run participants for supporting this great program.”

The Cherokee Friends of Recovery Foundation, Inc. was formed by a group of citizens in Cherokee County who sought to reduce the number of traffic accidents and injuries related to impaired drivers on our highways and possibly saving the lives of someone we love.

To help in this endeavor, retired Cherokee County State Court Judge C.J. Gober initialized the DUI/Drug Treatment Court in 2007.

Today, services of the court are presided by Chief State Court Judge Alan Jordan, and can provide the needed intervention to get repeated offenders into necessary treatment as a way to help stop recidivism.

For more information, visit the Cherokee Friends of Recovery website.

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