Costumes add more fun to Round the Bridges

The Property Brokers team is ready to get walking and running. Photo/Kim Hildred

The Property Brokers 37th Round the Bridges Fun Run will be held on Sunday, May 4.

YMCA and Literacy in the Homes will be the recipients of proceeds from this year's event, with the YMCA using funds for the Send a Kid to Camp programme.

It is the second year Property Brokers have sponsored the event.

Branch manager Philip Kubiak believes the round the bridges is an important community event.

"Wanganui is a beautiful city and if everyone got out two to three times a week to walk across at least one of the bridges and savour the beauty of the city, we'd all be better off."

Wanganui Chronicle general manager Andy Jarden said without Property Brokers' generous support events such as the fun run would not be possible.

Ticket prices have been held at $5 per adult and will be available for sale from April 1. An emphasis is being placed on creating more of a carnival atmosphere with the fun run and there will be lots of spot prizes to reward participants who turn up in costumes. To help get participants' creative costume ideas flowing, this year's fun run has a theme, using the date for a pun "May the fourth be with you", leading Mr Jarden to say he expected to see "lots of light sabres and Princess Leia costumes among the crowd".

For more information, contact Kim Hildred at the Wanganui Chronicle on phone 349 0715.