North Kingstown VFW Fun Run and Military Appreciation Festival

By David Ainslie

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI — The North Kingstown VFW Post 152 will host a .152K Fun Run and Military Appreciation festival on Saturday 13th May from 11am to 2pm at the North Kingstown Town Beach in order to raise funds for local veteran service organizations as well as local community programs. We

expect 200-300 people in attendance. The highlight of our event is the Veterans from the Rhode Island Veterans Home in Bristol who attend to compete in our .152k (498ft) Fun Run. They will compete at approximately 12:30 p.m. The Rhode Island Director of Veterans Affairs, Kasim Yarn will be in attendance.

Our intent is to host a family fun community event that will bring together people of our community and veterans who have served our nation. There will be two road races this year. The first will be a 1.52 mile run/walk which will start around 11:30 a.m. The second is the .152k fun run which will be a short distance, noncompetitive event that will allow people of all ages and abilities to complete. Both will be conducted in the manner of a normal road race complete with bib numbers, start/finish line, timing and water stations.

All race participants will be given a T-shirt with a unique specially designed race logo as well as a ‘goodie’ bag with assorted swag. The festival portion, which will run throughout the event, will have live music, assorted food merchants, a live raffle, and vendors focusing on veteran resources as well as health and
wellness.

For more information, please see North Kingstown VFW Post 152.