For Alicia Robinson, the best Mother’s Day gift this year was not flowers or jewellery, but crossing the finish line of the inaugural Run For Mom 5K beside her daughter, Renee Robinson, as they made their way through and around the streets of Tivoli Gardens.

“This is what she wanted, so I was like, okay, we’re going,” Renee said with a laugh after completing the race, which took participants through sections of the west Kingston community.

The mother-daughter pair were among roughly 500 participants who turned out for the charity event, which raised funds for the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation, Victoria Jubilee Hospital and Charles Chin Loy Maternity Hospital.