Runners and walkers are invited to register for the annual Embrace Uganda 5K coming up Saturday, June 1, in downtown Wake Forest, 7:30-11 a.m.
Sign up to run or walk at www.EmbraceUganda.org. Your registration and donations help provide clean water, medical care and education to some of the 2.3 million orphaned children in Uganda.
All participants receive an event T-shirt and free participation in the JerryCan Challenge, which replicates a Ugandan child’s daily trek just to find clean water.
The 5K begins and ends at Town Hall on Taylor Street. Race timing is by Young & Associates, and the course is USATF certified
Sponsors are also needed; promote your business at this worthy cause by calling 919-760-3520.