July 16, 2009

A seven-mile walking and jogging event is planned next month to raise month for a group's effort to build a homeless shelter for youth.

The first Walk With a Mission is set at 7 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, starting at Bear Creek Park in Medford. Participants will walk or run along the Bear Creek Greenway to Central Point and back.

The cost to take part is $15 for one person and $10 for each additional person. The first 200 people to register will get a t-shirt.

All proceeds from the event will go to Hearts With a Mission, which has launched an effort to build a homeless shelter for youth in Medford.

The walk is being organized by Carestream Health, a White City company that provides medical and dental imaging systems.

Details: www.WalkWIthAMission.com or 541-831-7250.

— Staff reports