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Twenty member agencies of United Way of the Laurel Highlands will benefit from the Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community that will be held June 4 in Central Park.
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield will underwrite 100 percent of the costs of the walk.
That means that the participating agencies will benefit from 100 percent of the money that is raised by those taking part in the walk.
The walk will be a perfect way to showcase services provided by agencies that center on United Way’s focus areas of helping children and youth succeed, strengthening and supporting families, supporting vulnerable and aging populations, promoting self-sufficiency, and promoting health and wellness, said United Way President Bill McKinney.
United Way agencies that will benefit from the walk are Alternative Community Resources Program Inc., American Red Cross, Beginnings Inc., Boys & Girls Club of Somerset County Inc., Cambria County Multiple Sclerosis Society, Catholic Charities Inc., Easter Seals Western Pennsylvania, Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania, Goodwill Industries of the Conemaugh Valley Inc., Greater Johnstown Community YMCA, Home Nursing Agency-Healing Patch, Mom’s House Inc., National Alliance on Mental Illness Cambria County, Somerset Therapeutic Association for Riding, Salvation Army, Victim Services Inc., Boy Scouts of America Penns Woods Council, Skills of Central Pennsylvania, Somerset County Blind Center and The Learning Lamp.
Plans are for the event to include a one-mile fun walk and a 5K walk.
The 5K, which will begin in Central Park, will start at 9 a.m., with registration at 7:45, said United Way’s Maureen Puchko.
The fun walk will step off at 9:15, she said.
Puchko noted that the 5K will not be a competitive walk.
Participants, if they want, may organize teams to participate, Puchko added.
The walks will be held rain or shine, she said.
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