Sports
5K race set for Saturday
Runners.
On your mark.
Get set.
Go.
The Movin' for Community Outreach, 5K run/walk race is set for 9 a.m. Saturday starting in downtown Tarboro to the Town Commons to Forest Acres neighborhood and back.
The inaugural event is directed by 5-time marathoner Kevin Shaffer. The proceeds will benefit the Tarboro Community Outreach, Inc., a non-profit agency which serves needy families and is a shelter for homeless men.
The race is expected to draw several hundred runners.
Awards will be given for the top three male and female, age group male and female and the top town Tarboro Town employee, fire fighter or police officer.
Shaffer, a native of Tarboro chose to work with TCO because of their efforts to fight hunger and homelessness in Edgecombe County. TCO reaches the needy of Tarboro by providing shelter, soup kitchen, a food pantry and clothing to hundreds of families and individual each month
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