Walk, Run in Mary's 5K for a Cure

Step forward with some great strides in Barrington on Saturday, May 14.

Mary Corry will appreciate your participation. So will her brother, who has cystic fibrosis.

Mary is coordinating a 5K walk and run on the East Bay Bike Path as the field work for her senior project at Barrington High School. All proceeds from the 5K will go to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

“I wanted to do a fundraiser where all the proceeds will go directly to the foundation,” she said. 

Mary researched fundraising for her senior-project paper and learned that significant portions of all contributions and donations do not go toward causes. The money goes toward administration and other expenses. 

“Not this fundraiser,” said Mary.

All expenses are being absorbed by business donations or volunteer efforts. The Shaw’s supermarket in Barrington, for instance, is donating water for the runners and walkers at the halfway point of the 5K. The Bayside Family YMCA is donating orange cones to mark the course. 

Runners and walkers will travel the East Bay Bike Path from a starting line near the Shaw’s. The halfway point is between North Lake and South Lake drives, where all participants will turn around and head back to the starting line turned into a finish line. 

Both races will start around 9 am. The registration fee is $5 or you can donate any amount above that fee if you want.

The first 30 participants who sign up will get T-shirts donated by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Mary said. Everyone will get a rubber bracelet from the foundation.

Mary has been promoting the road races with posters hung in the high school and by going on the daily “Sunrise Show” produced by her classmates on the high school TV network.  

Her family and friends have been talking up the races as well, Mary said. Many will walk or run in the 5K on Saturday.

Look for Mary, her father and  friends at the sign-up table. Know that your entire donation will go straight to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.