Saturday, August 15, 2015 -- Ohiopyle, PA / Great Allegheny Passage, Ohiopyle State Park
Hekima Place 10th Anniversary 5K Run/Walk
2015 Registration
- [ Register Online ] with www.hekimaplace.org
- Please join us in celebrating our 10 year anniversary by supporting our 5K run!
- Registration fees are $25 per runner.
- Fees are $18 per runner for those running for a high school or university.
Location
Ohiopyle, PA
About Hekima Place
Hekima Place is a home in Kenya for girls orphaned primarily by HIV/AIDS. The name Hekima was chosen for its Kiswahili meaning: Wisdom. Founded in 2005 by U. S. native Kate Fletcher, the home opened with just 10 girls but has grown to 60 members of the Hekima Place family. The girls are given a loving, faith-based home with nutritious meals, health care, and, very importantly, an education to enable them to succeed on their own once their schooling is completed. At Hekima Place, each girl lives with a loving Kenyan staff member called mum growing within a faith-based family with sisters (other orphaned girls) as companions and workmates.
The home is located in Kiserian, Kenya just outside Nairobi, on property purchased by the U. S. Board of Directors in July 2009. Construction of the new permanent home for the girls at this site was completed in December 2010. Approximately 20 km south and west of Karen, Kenya (Hekima Places original location), the new home is in the southern Rift Valley Province and has six cottages and a dining hall along with a significant amount of land for gardening.
| Start Date: | 2015-08-15 Start Time: 8:00am |
| Event Name: | Hekima Place 10th Anniversary 5K Run/Walk |
| Location(s): |
Ohiopyle, PA 15470 Great Allegheny Passage, Ohiopyle State Park |
| Event Type(s): |
Run Walk |
| Event Distance(s): | 5K 3.1mi |
| Contact(s): |
Sarah Angel Markwardt Email: samarkwardt@gmail.com |
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| Offsite URL: | www.hekimaplace.org/activity/5k-run/ |
