Service clubs Glo Run this Saturday night

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BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR
FORT MADISON – The 2nd Annual Glo 5K Crazy for Education run put on by the city's four service groups will kick off Saturday night at the Baxter Sports Complex.
Runners will leave the Baxter Sports Complex beginning at 8 p.m. with last-minute registrations and bag pickups beginning at 6 p.m. Proceeds from the run benefit the educational programming of the Elliott Test Kitchen in downtown Fort Madison.
Runners get ready to take off from Baxter Sports Complex at dusk in the 2018 Glo Crazy for Education 5K. Registration is open for this year's event which will take place Saturday, April 6 again at the sports complex. PCC file photo
Fort Madison Kiwanis member and organizer Shirley Hoenig said there is still time to register today online at https://www.pencitycurrent.com/2019glorun/ and registration can be done on the day of the race at the complex.
Last year’s event raised close to $3,800 for educational programs with more than 150 runners tackling the 5K that starts at the sports complex and goes along the P.O.R.T. trails east to Ivanhoe Park where runners loop around the park and then head north to Bluff Road, turning west to 48th Street down to a loop at Fort Madison Middle School and back to the sports complex property. Hoenig, approached the service clubs in 2017 about the idea of the 5K.. She said last year’s event went very well. “The Glo Crazy for Education committee felt that things went very smoothly last year considering it was our first year and none of us had been involved in planning a 5k before,” she said. “This year we have made plans to improve lighting along 48th street and at the start/finish line. We’re really excited about the project that Michael Mohrfeld, owner of Mohrfeld Electric, and Nathan Harter, Key Club and Robotics Club member, are working on.” Hoenig said the goal of the clubs is too see the event grow each year and generate substantial funding for the Test Kitchen and it’s growing student base. “This year they are working with about 200 students in after-school and weekend sessions. Meals are served after all sessions and this takes money,” she said. The Elliott Test Kitchen is an innovative student-driven program in downtown Fort Madison. Director Kumar Wickramasingha, provides a environment for learning with up-to-date technology and support from teachers in the Fort Madison public and private school systems. Programs center around ACT exam prep, robotics labs, STEM projects and homework assistance. During sessions at the Test Kitchen, students also learn to prepare and serve full meals under the direction of Kumar, who is a renowned chef and former restaurateur. The path and finish are line are illuminated with lights in bags and LED lights. This year a new lit finish line is being constructed for even more flare as runners make their way across the finish line. Medals will be awarded to the top finishers in each division.
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