Fostering the Family’s chief executive officer, Kim Trainer (left), and chief operating officer, Betsy Ruch, use Operation Round Up funds to aid families wanting to foster children in the Carolinas. Trainer says, “Community programs like Operation Round Up enable
us to strategically care for each family physically, emotionally
and spiritually. Through supporting families in their call to foster, Fostering the Family helps ensure children are placed in loving, well- equipped homes.”
 Kathy Grier, executive director of the York County Free Clinic, with the clinic’s volunteer physician and medical director, Dr. Donald Shuler. Grier says, “Our community realizes that many of our neighbors cannot afford health insurance and need health care. Thanks to programs like Operation Round Up, we can provide our patients quality, compassionate health care at no charge.”
  Join us for family fun and support a great cause March 28 at YEC’s fourth annual Teddy Bear Trot. Proceeds from the races benefit the Children’s Attention Home of York County and raise awareness for child abuse and neglect.
Help YEC race against child abuse, neglect
MAKE A DIFFERENCE in our children’s futures by joining York Electric on Saturday, March 28 at the co-op’s headquarters for the fourth annual Teddy Bear Trot!
While it’s fun for the whole family, the 5k race is a USA Track & Field-certifified event. It begins at 8 a.m., followed by a one-mile kids fun run. Race participants can win door prizes, receive a commemorative shirt, and enjoy a snow cone from Pelican’s SnoBalls of York afterwards.
Late-comers can pay at the door with check or cash but are not guaranteed a race shirt. Registration opens at 7:15 a.m. It’s $30 for ages 13 and up and $15
for kids under 12.
YEC partners with York
County DSS and
the Children’s
Attention Home
of York County to
raise awareness
of child abuse and neglect. Proceeds aid foster children
Peyton Timmons holds a pinwheel, a symbol of child abuse prevention, representing the happy, healthy childhood every child should enjoy.
at the Children’s Attention Home, which provides a safe, nurturing environment for
children removed from their home due to abuse and neglect.
Scan the code to register. If you can’t race but want to help, you’ll get access to
information about sponsorship, volunteer and donation opportunities.
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ERIN POWELL