Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon seeks volunteers to prepare race packets

The Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon needs volunteers to help package and distribute race packets for November’s nine-day virtual race event.

Prioritizing community health and safety, the 16th annual Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon events are moving to a virtual format to avoid the potential spread of COVID-19 and allow runners to safely participate while achieving their personal goals in 2020.

Even though the race will be virtual Nov. 7-15, volunteers are needed Nov. 2-8 to help prepare and distribute thousands of race packets for runners with their bibs, shirts, medals and other materials as applicable per their registered race event.

“While we can’t gather all together for race day, we still need help from the community to make the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon events run smoothly and support the participants preparing to walk, jog or run their race in a virtual format,” said Jason Altman, race director for Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon. “We look forward to joining our community in spirit and making the race experience a success for everyone, and we know the Volunteer Spirit in Knoxville will help us achieve this goal.”

All volunteers will be required to wear masks, undergo no-contact temperature checks, regularly wash and sanitize their hands and practice social distancing.

Volunteers can complete online registration at knoxvillemarathon.com/volunteers-spectators and choose a day and time that best works for their schedules.

For more information, visit knoxvillemarathon.com or call 888-217-5635.

About Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon

The Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon is a premier event organized by the Knoxville Track Club, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the encouragement of physical well-being through running, jogging, competitive road racing, race-walking, fun runs, cross-country and track and field. Covenant Health is a community-owned health system providing comprehensive services in Tennessee. The health system includes 10 hospitals; outpatient services and clinics; behavioral, oncology and rehabilitation services; home care; physician practices and community programs. Covenant Health has more than 10,000 employees, physicians and volunteers, and has been named a “Best Employer” six times by Forbes magazine.