500 Support First Annual Run for Ribbons 5K
Jasmine Millwood, adoptive daughter of Plymouth Township Supervisor Richard Reaume, organized the run in Downtown Plymouth to raise awareness of child abuse.
The streets were empty in Downtown Plymouth Sunday morning – empty of cars but filled with people for the First Annual Run for Ribbons 5K. Jasmine Millwood, 24, of Plymouth, who organized the run, cried when she saw the 5K begin. “This is a big passion of mine,” Millwood said. “And it’s based on my own experience.” Millwood and her sisters sustained years of abuse and neglect at the hands of their biological parents before being adopted by Plymouth Township Supervisor Richard Reaume, who is also their maternal uncle. Millwood is executive director of Lighthouse Family Charities, which organized the event with the Plymouth Canton Junior Chamber. “The money raised will go to buying booklets for every fifth grader in the school district,” she…
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Aysha Jamali
12:20 pm on Monday, September 24, 2012
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