This Sunday: Braden Aboud Run/Walk
turns 10 this weekend. more than 10- thousand are already signed up to participate, which is likely to break a record. this is video from last year’s run walk. the festivities get underway at 7:30. the race it self is at 8. there will be some closures we want to tell you about. the race begins and ends at zach white elementary. the area around the intersection of river bend drive and roxbury drive will be closed to traffic. and joing us now is gary aboud, braden’s father. -10th annual braden aboud memorial foundation 10k and 5k run/5k and 1 mile walk. – sunday, may 15th at zach white elementary school, 4256 roxbury drive – festivities begin at 7:30a.m., with a formal opening ceremony starting at 7:45a.m. – the race 8:00a.m. with over 10,500 participants on deck, the 2016 race looks to be record breaking in attendance. -“the rac celebrates braden’s life but gives back to youth all over el paso. – this is a fundraiser that supports schools, teams, programs, after school projects, yearly tennis shoe giveaways, backpacks, scholarships, and so much more,” sai cindi aboud, foundation director. “braden’s spirit is the catalyst behind our organizational theme that seeks to promote and sustain physical fitness in our schools and on the playing fields throughout the region.” braden aboud, a 14 yea old student/athlete who died in a snow skiing accident. time now for a preview of abc-7 at 5 with rick cabrera. rick? hi ashlie, tomorrow morning is the big march of dimes march for babies at the fountains at