The 1st Annual Arthritis Foundation Jingle Bell Run/Walk in Rome is coming up on December 15th. Register online at www.romejbrw.org or call (423) 341-4788. This holiday event will raise money to help combat Arthritis.. Arthritis is much more widespread than imagined, affecting 50 million adults and approximately 300,000 children across the nation. Here in Georgia there are 1.6 million adults and nearly 9,200 children with a doctor-diagnosed form of the disease. Volunteer organizers anticipate more than 200 runners and walkers to participate at the Rome event this year, and they aim to raise $35,000.