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DUBLIN, Ohio – The inaugural Canine Companions 5K Life Unleashed Race will be held Saturday, Oct. 12, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Registration for the run/walk, which begins at the Dublin Recreation Center and includes a $30 registration fee, begins at 8:30 a.m.  

• WHO/WHAT: More than 100 runners are expected for the event, which benefits Canine Companions for Independence®, the nation’s first and largest non-profit provider of assistance dogs for children, adults and veterans with physical disabilities. Manheim Ohio, located at 3905 Jackson Pike in Grove City, and its employees have supported Canine Companions and its programs since 2008, including sponsorship of the annual Canine Companion Dog Walk. The Canine Companions DogFest will be held immediately following the run/walk, and will include fund-raising raffles, as well as agility demonstrations and presentations by Canine Companions volunteer puppy raisers and recipients. Visit www.cci.org/DogFest for more information.
• WHY: As event host, Manheim Ohio and its staff organized the run, secured event sponsors and designed the race/walk t-shirt. The other event sponsors include Auto Reflections, Ingle-Barr, Inc., Roosters, Road Runner Sports and Tansky Sawmill Toyota.  

“We are extremely proud to continue our partnership with Canine Companions and take the lead on this event,” Manheim Ohio general manager John Deck said. “Manheim Ohio and our employees have been supporting this organization for more than five years. We were delighted when they asked us to take a leadership role to make this event a success.”

About Canine Companions for Independence®

Established in 1975, Canine Companions has placed over 4,200 assistance dogs with people who have disabilities – free of charge to the recipients. These dogs are working everyday throughout the country to increase independence, motivation and socialization for people with disabilities. Fully trained assistance dogs from Canine Companions are able to assist with retrieving dropped items, opening and closing doors, pulling manual wheelchairs and turning on and off light switches.

About Manheim (www.manheim.com)

Manheim is the leading global provider of vehicle remarketing services, connecting buyers and sellers of used vehicles to the largest wholesale used-vehicle marketplace.   The company helps dealer and commercial customers achieve results by providing physical and digital auction channels, data analysis, financing, transportation and mobile products and solutions.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Manheim has more than 20,000 employees in 107 worldwide sites and generates annual revenues of more than $2.5 billion.  A subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, Manheim participates in “Go Green with Manheim,” the company’s sustainability program.