BAINBRIDGE – Bainbridge will have no shortage of visitors this weekend between the General Clinton Canoe Regatta and Memorial Day, but for more than 100 runners and 50 walkers, Saturday marks a time to remember a Bainbridge native who left too soon and to raise money to benefit the organization that helped the community heal.

The 5th annual Dan Elwood Memorial 5K run and one mile walk was envisioned and organized by members of the Bainbridge-Guilford class of 1980 with a lot of support from Elwood’s family.

“It’s not a huge event, but it’s very special to a lot of people,” said Brenda Parsons, who has organized the event since 2008. “And for such a small event, it has done an enormous amount of good thanks to the generosity of sponsors and people in the community.”

Over the last four years, the event has raised more than $23,000 to benefit Hospice, the organization that helped take care of Elwood during the last few weeks of his five-month battle with colon cancer.