You can step back into the disco era on Saturday, Aug. 22 to benefit a nonprofit organization that has moved to Vestavia Hills. The fourth annual Rock ‘n’ Run at Homewood Central Park will feature music from the 70s and encourages participants to dress the part. The family-friendly event welcomes strollers and pets and will have live music from the band Steel City as well as a DJ.
The run began as a way to help fund IMPACT Family Counseling’s mentoring program for children ages 4-18 who are impacted by incarceration and or have disabilities after the program lost its previous funding due to government budget cuts.
In May, IMPACT moved its offices to Vestavia at 701 Montgomery Highway, Suite 202.
Today the run continues to help fund IMPACT’s many programs. The organization was founded in 1991 to help prevent the generational cycle of crime by working with young men, according to Marketing Director Jazmine McDaniel. IMPACT’s staff runs a fatherhood program for men in prisons and halfway houses, and they also work with teens, provide free anger management classes, hold relationship enrichment workshops for couples, give free Pack ‘n Plays to moms who might not have a safe place for their baby to sleep, offer parenting classes to teen moms and provide behavioral aids in schools.
The 5K run begins at 8 a.m. Packet pickup starts at 7 a.m., or you can come Friday, Aug. 22 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Trak Shak or 6-9 p.m. at aloft Hotel.
To register for the race, visit active.com. For more information about IMPACT, visit impactal.org.
