Avera officials prepping for upcoming Race Against Cancer [Video]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – Officials at Avera are beginning to get things in place for the annual Avera Race Against Cancer this weekend.

The races will happen on Saturday morning at the Avera McKennan Fitness Center in southeast Sioux Falls.

“A lot of setup is already happening. Outside, we already have some big tents popped up for our survivor pavilion. Inside, we are prepping with lots of packets. We’ve got more than 2,000 packets out here today, we’re going to have people start to pick those up tomorrow at around 3:30. But we’re setting up for all of that so we can come and start taking over this entire space for the Avera race,” said co-director of the Race Elijah Bonde. “It’s so exciting to be at this point to be only three days away from race day now it’s amazing how much effort goes into this to get to this point it’s …