A portion of ticket sales will go toward Beargrease and four other non-profit organizations.
DULUTH, Minn. – The John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon is going Hollywood, organizers from the marathon announced on Wednesday that the event is partnering with a Hollywood film studio all for a good cause.
The film will be called “The Great Alaskan Race” and it focuses on the true story about the outbreak of a serious infection in Alaska in 1925 and how 20 teams of sled dogs and mushers helped deliver the vital medicine to cure it in 700 mile journey.
A portion of ticket sales will go toward Beargrease and four other non-profit organizations.
It is scheduled to be released in mid-October including in Duluth and those with Beargrease could not be more excited.
“So many of us in Alaska and Minnesota, we relied on dog sleds as a mode of transportation in the middle of winter so it is important to us as a n organization for the history and cultural piece of it, but also to showcase the great races that happen across the U.S.,” said Monica Hendrickson, a spokesperson for the Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon.
The annual John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon kicks off January 27, 2020.
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