Student groups create April RU race craze

As March exits like a lion, April enters with its running shoes. On behalf of charity, Radford University student groups are hosting three 5K running events, beginning this weekend.

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The RU chapter of the National Student Speech-Language and Hearing Association (NSSLHA) will hold its eighth annual Operation Smile 5K Run/Walk at Randolph Park in Dublin on Saturday, April 5, at 9 a.m. Proceeds from the event will benefit Operation Smile, a national non-profit organization that plans and performs reconstructive surgeries for children with cleft lip, cleft palate and facial deformities. Registration is $20 per person or $15 per person if a group of 5 or more registers together. For more information, visit the RU NSSLHA event page on Facebook event page or email Rebecca Boxler at rboxler@radford.edu.

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On Sunday, April 6, at 1 p.m. in Radford's Bisset Park, The RU Pre-Medicine and the RU Pre-Dental Clubs will host the Run for Hope, on behalf of the Mission of Hope, a surgical clinic in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Pre-Dental Club President Dylan McKnight, a senior biology major from Chesterfield, Va., spent a week last September at the urban clinic sterilizing surgical gear and experienced first-hand the clinic's need for new, basic surgical instruments like scalpels, clamps, retractors and laparoscopic instruments. The Run for Hope is open to the public and registration is $35. For more information, click here visit their website or contact McKnight at dsmcknight@radford.edu.

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RU's occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech therapy student associations and the Montgomery County Public Schools' On-Campus Transition Partnership are teaming up to host the second annual Light It Up Blue 5K on Saturday, April 12, at Bisset Park at 8 a.m. The organizers' goal is to surpass the almost $5,000 raised on behalf of autism awareness by more than 200 runners at last year's inaugural Light It Up Blue 5K. For more information, visit the Light It Up Blue website or email sota@radford.edu.

Apr 2, 2014