Hope for Youth 5K Race/3K Walk Slated for Saturday, June 22, 2019

The HOPE for Youth Foundation (HFYF) is holding its 2nd Annual 5K Cross Country Race and 3K non-competitive walk at a new course on the grounds of the Graymoor Spiritual Life Center in Garrison, NY on Saturday, June 22, 2019. This event raises funds for HFYF and for a Memorial Scholarship in the name of Bill Sherry, a former teacher at Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School and a race timer.

The 5K race will begin at 9 AM at Graymoor Spiritual Life Center, 1350 Route 9, Garrison NY. The 3K walk will begin immediately following the start of the 5K race. Participants should enter at Graymoor’s main entrance 40 Franciscan Way and follow signs to the registration area which opens at 8 AM.

Every registered runner and walker will receive a bib, T-shirt, bagel and banana. To register, go online at https://bit.ly/2019HOPE5K. Registration fees are $20 in advance and $30 on the day of the event. Registration is free for those who raise funds for HFYF.

Proceeds from the Foundation's fundraising efforts go to help children with life-threatening illnesses and children with physical and mental challenges. Recent beneficiaries have included more than 32 worthwhile regional children's organizations such as Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley, Gilda's Club, Camp Horizons Inc., Friends of Karen, Children's Hospital Fund at Westchester County Medical Center, and Hillside Food Outreach. In addition, the Foundation gives scholarships to deserving graduating high school seniors.

HFYF was founded in 1986 by WHUD Weatherman and former educator Jim Witt, who is noted for his annual long-range weather forecast calendars featuring photographs of the Hudson Valley. Witt has formulated a complex system that relies on historic weather patterns in order to predict what the weather will be like years, even decades, ahead. The precision of his forecasts over the past 40 years has made him a successful, charismatic and eerily accurate weather prophet. Witt is also a former high school science teacher.

Learn more about Hope For Youth Foundation at www.hfyf.org.