WISCASSET
The Wiscasset group Feed Our Scholars, in conjunction with the Wiscasset Community Center, is looking for runners and walkers of all ages and levels to take part in its first 5K Family Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, May 4.
On Thursday, April 25, people can stop by McDonald’s on U.S. Route 1 in Wiscasse, between 5 and 8 p.m., to purchase some of the new wraps or burgers. Wiscasset High School students and teachers will be working the counter in an effort to help provide funds for the Initiative as 15 percent of the evening’s revenue will be donated to Feed Our Scholars.
The race is run on a section of the woods trail behind the Community Center on Gardiner Road. The trail is an enjoyable mile loop through the woods. Bring a lunch and find a spot in the woods for a picnic afterwards. A map supplied to all participants shows the other trails available for exploration.
On-site registration will begin at 8 a.m., with a starting time of 9. Participants may register picking up a pledge form at Maine Running Company in Brunswick or the Community Center on Gardiner Rd. in Wiscasset, on-line at http://www.active.com/5k-race/wiscasset-me/feed-our-scholars-2013. Those interested also can go to feedourscholars.wordpress.com and print the 5K form to be sent to Feed Our Scholars, c/o St. Philip’s Church, 12 Hodge St., Wiscasset, ME 04578, not to mention, registering the morning of the event.
The registration fee structure is: up to 4 years old $5; 5-17, $15; 18-plus, $25; family 1: $40 (one adult and their children); family 2: $50 (two adults and their children). One T-shirt is included in the price of each registration. Additional shirts may be purchased, as well.
Ways to participate include paying to register independently, while the other is to use a pledge form and obtain pledges from supporters. Either way, come on out to support Feed Our Scholars’ effort to supply nutritious weekend food packets to food insecure children in Wiscasset’s schools.
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