5K run scheduled

5K run scheduled

HOWLAND

The Stars and Stripes 5K Run and Walk, sponsored by St. Joseph Health Center and St. Joseph Urgent Care, is July 4 at the Howland High School Stadium on Shaffer Drive. Registration is at 7 a.m. followed by a 1-mile fun walk and a 5K race beginning at 8:20 a.m. A children’s 50-yard dash follows the race.

All participating children will receive a medal and must be accompanied by an adult. Runners should arrive no later than 7:30 a.m. The run will follow a route through Howland closed to traffic for the event.

The registration fee before Friday is $12. Race day registration is $15. The 1-mile fun walk is $10 and the 50-yard dash is free. There will be race marshals on the course as well as water stations, rest rooms, post-race refreshments and a digital-clock finish.

Souvenir T-shirts are guaranteed to the first 200 entrants. Prizes will be awarded to the top male and female runners from each age division. Awards will be distributed at the stadium following the race. Student awards are presented according to OHSAA & NCAA regulations. For information, call 330-856-4151.

Capacity workshop

YOUNGSTOWN

The Raymond John Wean Foundation is offering a capacity-building workshop for board and staff members of nonprofit organizations in the Mahoning Valley on Tuesday from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the D.D. and Velma Davis Education and Visitor Center, Fellows Riverside Gardens at Mill Creek MetroParks, 123 McKinley Ave. The fee is $10 per person. Light refreshments are offered.

The workshop facilitator is Janus Small of Janus Small Associates. Panelists are Marcie Goodman, executive director of the Cleveland International Film Festival, and Atty. John Pogue of Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell and a member of the Wean Foundation board of directors.

To register, go online at http://www.rjweanfdn.org or call 330-394-5600 ext. 100.

Swimming lessons

WARREN/NILES/YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross is offering swimming classes in Warren, Niles and Youngstown. The registration fee for Warren and Niles Programs at Warren G. Harding High School pool and Niles Waddell Park is $25 per student per session. Participants must register and pay before the first day of class. Limited scholarships are available.

Lessons at North Side Pool in Youngstown are free for qualifying families of the Youngstown area.

All preschool programs require an adult in the water with the child. Registration forms are available at the Mahoning Valley Chapter American Red Cross

For specific class times and criteria and to register, call 330-392-2551.

Summer Relief Day

YOUNGSTOWN

The Rescue Mission of Mahoning Valley is encouraging area churches to bring awareness to the issue of the local homeless on July 22, a day that Youngstown Mayor Charles Sammarone has declared “Summer Relief Day.”

Because monetary and food donations traditionally are lower during the summer months, mission officials are urging local churches to pray for the homeless and the mission and consider volunteering time this summer and hosting a special, one-time offering for the mission July 22.

For “Summer Relief Day” details or to register a church to participate, call 330-744-5485.