ROCKFORD, Mich. (via WOOD TV 8) – More than 1,000 people turned out for the 19th Annual Mitchell’s Run Thru Rockford Saturday morning.
The event raises money to find a cure to fight muscular dystrophy. The event’s namesake, 21-year-old Mitchell Peterson, was diagnosed with the disease back in 1999.
Since the event was founded in 2000, more than 40,000 runners have helped raise over $1 million to fight the disease.
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