The Boley Centers’ 33rd Annual Jingle Bell Run is this Wednesday. This year’s run includes 1,500 luminaries, 15 bands, three glow zones, snow, glow in the dark paint, glow necklaces and neon T-shirts.
The non-profit expects thousands of runners, joggers and walkers as well as their “four-legged trotters.”
The run begins Wednesday at 7:30 at North Shore Pool near downtown St. Pete. Online registration for the run is available through Tuesday. After that participants can still register at the event on Wednesday at one of the group’s registration tents beginning at 5 p.m.
Proceeds from the run help Boley Centers continue support 314 homeless families and help stamp out homelessness.
Before start time, the Tampa Bay Lightning’s mascot, Thunderbug, the Lightning Girls and the Rolling Thunder will meet with participants and onlookers.
St. Pete City Council chair Charlie Gerdes is calling the run from Northshore Pool promptly at 7:30.
Participants who register online can collect their shirts from a preregistration table in the pool’s parking lot the day of the race.
