Heroes on Hines Half Marathon and 5k Run

About the Program

Category: Parks and Recreation (Best in Category)

Year: 2014

Wayne County Parks hosted its inaugural Heroes on Hines Half Marathon and 5K Run on the morning of Saturday, October 5, 2013. This event honored First Responders of Police, Fire and EMS personnel who have lost their lives while on duty within Wayne County, Michigan. Both the Half Marathon and 5K traffic free runs start and finish at the newly constructed First Responders Memorial site built in Hines Park, at the corner of Hines Drive and Haggerty Road in Plymouth Township, Michigan. Proceeds from the annual race go to support and maintain the Memorial, which contains more than 400 names of police, fire and EMS personnel from Wayne County communities. The Memorial site includes monuments, seat walls, concrete walkways, a paver plaza, site furnishings, plantings as well parking and lighting.