McLean County India Association (MCIA) is sponsoring a 5K Run/Walk fundraiser for Nepal earthquake relief and Spandana Model Village Saturday, July 18 at Tipton Trails GE Shelter, 2410 GE Road, in Normal.
MCIA is partnering with Spandana Foundation, Bloomington’s Fleet Feet sports, and various local groups to help fund recovery following the recent massive earthquake in Nepal and to build a model village, Lakshmi Nagar, in India.
The walk/run is scheduled 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Registration is $25 per family (a maximum four persons per couple), $15 per individual adult, and $10 per youth up to 18 years of age. Register online at www.signmeup.com/109208, or by calling Uma Kallakuri: 309-310-6527, Ajay Rolla: 309-826-0969, Arun Khurana: 309-287-4226, Shyam Lakshman: 415 -608-9731, Murali Sunkara: 309-706-2386, Srinivas Mikkilineni: 309-825-1159, Jagadeesh Gutha: 309-660-2391, Goverdhan Galpalli: 309-310-1050,Srinivas Shenoy: 309-287-4118, Pritam Kusiyait: 469-450-3348, or Fleet Feet Sports: 309-808-3220.
Attire for the event is a white T-shirt.
Post-event refreshments will be provided by Rangoli Restaurant at nominal prices, with part of those proceeds going to benefit Nepalese relief, as well.
Nepal was hit twice by a massive earthquake with a 7.8 magnitude, effecting 8 million people and devastating innumerable families, with an estimated death toll of 15,000 and $7 billion in destruction. The local Nepalese Association of Bloomington also is actively participating with 5K organizers to raise funds; funds to Nepal will be streamlined and sent through Sewa International Charity.
For more about the earthquake relief work in Nepal, visit http://www.sewausa.org/NepalEarthquakerelief.
Spandana Foundation, a charity organization, adopted the village 'Lakshmi Nagar' in Medak District, Telangana State, India and is turning it into a model village by adopting various projects. With the help of villagers, the foundation plans to establish a water treatment plant, solar water pumps, water and recycling pits, public toilets, improved drainage, a tree plantation, options for generic medicine availability, new programs for skill development within the village’s existing school, a cemetery with proper facilities, village community/meditation hall and sports center, a hospital, a library, a veterinary hospital, and a new agricultural co-op. The project also includes improving Internet bandwidth for the village’s residents.
To find more about the project, please visit http://www.spandana.org/laxminagar.html.