St. Jude prepares bags ahead of annual Marathon

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Volunteers were hard at work at AutoZone Park on Saturday afternoon, getting ready for the 25th annual St. Jude Memphis Marathon weekend.

They packed food and goodie bags for runners ahead of the event.

Organizers say more than 3,600 volunteers will help make race weekend possible.

Registration is still open for volunteers and groups that want to cheer on runners along the course.

“Saint Jude expresses the need for involvement monetarily for volunteers to help in any way they can to get the dollars in to do the things that they do. So, I feel I’m in this community. They’re part of the community. I wanna do what I can to help with their various initiatives,” said Wendy Wider-Burroughs, a volunteer.

Every bag packed and every cheer along the course helps support the mission of St. Jude: finding cures and saving children.

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