Newspaper Advances 5K Run to Aid Ugandan Orphans

The Bangor Daily News this week reported on a 5K race May 1 organized by UMaine student and former Bangor High School track athlete Dee Wilbur to raise funds for an orphanage in Uganda. The race begins at 2 p.m. at the UMaine Student Recreation and Fitness Center. Wilbur took a year off between high school graduation and college to travel and do volunteer work in Uganda, where she met children at the New Grace orphanage. Registration information is on the on-line registration website.

Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756